Medici porcelain
Flask
1575-1587 (made)
1575-1587 (made)
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Flask of soft-paste 'Medici Porcelain', a Fritware made with white Vicenza clay and ground rock crystal with painted floral decoration in blue under a layer of transparent lead-glaze. Of lobed pear-shaped form with a short narrow neck, a ring handle on either side and a horizontal moulding traversing the lobes slightly below the middle. A deep groove runs down each lobe for a short distance from the neck.
Object details
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| Title | Medici porcelain (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue ('Medici Porcelain') and moulded |
| Brief description | Flask of soft-paste 'Medici Porcelain', white Vicenza clay fritware with painted decoration in blue under transparent lead-glaze, made in Florence, 1575-1587. |
| Physical description | Flask of soft-paste 'Medici Porcelain', a Fritware made with white Vicenza clay and ground rock crystal with painted floral decoration in blue under a layer of transparent lead-glaze. Of lobed pear-shaped form with a short narrow neck, a ring handle on either side and a horizontal moulding traversing the lobes slightly below the middle. A deep groove runs down each lobe for a short distance from the neck. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'F' and a depiction of the dome of Florence Cathedral (Painted in blue) |
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| Object history | Purchase (Fitzhenry Collection). Formerly Collection of M. Leonce Lreoux, Paris. In about 1575, Grand Duke Francesco I de Medici, was the first Western ruler to attempt to imitate the translucent white ceramic body of Chinese porcelain, when he set up a pottery in Florence, lead by his court artist Bernardo Buontalenti. The painted decoration in blue, is also based on Chinese examples. |
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| Accession number | C.137-1914 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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