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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Dish

ca. 1540 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish depicting Perseus and Andromeda.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Dish depicting Perseus and Andromeda, made in Marches, Italy, about 1540, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Dish depicting Perseus and Andromeda.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 28cm
Marks and inscriptions
'D Androma e Perseo' (Painted in brown on the bottom)
Gallery label
Dish depicting Perseus and Andromeda Made in Marches, Italy about 1540 Inscription: 'D Androma e Perseo', painted in brown on the bottom Tin-glazed earthenware 8959-1863 Soulages Collection(16/07/2008)
Object history
Purchase: Soulages Collection.
Production
JVG Mallet 25/10/05
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian maiolica. London : H.M.S.O., 1977.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
929 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
8959-1863

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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