Bowl
ca. 1520-1525 (made)
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Bowl, moulded with fluting, with low foot, painted in blue, copper green, yellow, orange, dark red, opaque white. In the middle, in a medallion, is a shield with the arms of Berlinghieri of Florence - Argent a chevron sable (rendered in dark blue) in chief label of four points gules. It is supported by two cupids sitting on the ground, with curtains above them. The remaining surface is covered with a repeating symmetrical composition of cherubs, trophies of shields, grotesque masks flanked by dolphins, and scrolls, in reserve on a blue ground. The back is painted in blue and orange with two rows of transversely striped petal motives and, in the centre, a rosette.
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Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
Brief description | Bowl depicting the a shield with the arms of Berlinghieri of Florence in the middle, made in Faenza, Italy, about 1520-25, tin-glazed earthenware |
Physical description | Bowl, moulded with fluting, with low foot, painted in blue, copper green, yellow, orange, dark red, opaque white. In the middle, in a medallion, is a shield with the arms of Berlinghieri of Florence - Argent a chevron sable (rendered in dark blue) in chief label of four points gules. It is supported by two cupids sitting on the ground, with curtains above them. The remaining surface is covered with a repeating symmetrical composition of cherubs, trophies of shields, grotesque masks flanked by dolphins, and scrolls, in reserve on a blue ground. The back is painted in blue and orange with two rows of transversely striped petal motives and, in the centre, a rosette. |
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Gallery label | Bowl
Made in Faenza, Italy about 1520-25
Tin-glazed earthenware
C.2089-1910 Salting Bequest(16/07/2008) |
Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
Object history | Morland and Gavet Collections. |
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Other number | 234 - Rackham (1977) |
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Accession number | C.2089-1910 |
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Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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