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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Vase

1510 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase with two flat scroll handles. The decoration painted in dark blue, deep orange, yellow and green consists in grotesque designs disposed in several zones separated by narrower bands of formal ornament.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Large two-handled vase with grotesque decoration, probably made in the Urbino area or in Faenza, Italy, about 1510, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Vase with two flat scroll handles. The decoration painted in dark blue, deep orange, yellow and green consists in grotesque designs disposed in several zones separated by narrower bands of formal ornament.
Dimensions
  • Height: 56.5cm
  • Diameter: 36cm
Marks and inscriptions
'VV' or 'AV' in monogram (On a label in a reserved panel)
Gallery label
Vase Made in the Urbino area or Faenza, Italy about 1500-1510 Tin-glazed earthenware C.2106-1910 Salting Bequest(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq.
Object history
Seillière and Salting Collection
Bibliographic references
  • Ravanelli Guidotti, C. Per ricordare Gaetano Ballardini nell'ottantesimodella fondazione del Museo di Faenza (1908-1988). Faenza. 1998, LXXIV, 1-3. pp.6-15, tav. V-X.
  • Ravanelli Guidotti, C. Thesaurus di opere della tradizione di Faenza. Faenza, 1998. Fig.14, pp.240-241.
  • Wilson, T., ed. Italian Renaissance Pottery. London, 1991. Fig.8, pp.134, 128.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
208 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
C.2106-1910

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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