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

Plate

ca. 1515 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl of tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours and bianco sopra bianco. In the deep well is a bust of a girl. The sides of the well are decorated with a trellis pattern and dots in white. On the rim are four panels, alternately segmented and oval, each enclosing a palmette. Between the panels are cornucopias and floral stems symmetrically arranged. The back is decorated at intervals with concentric bands in blue.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours and <i>bianco sopra bianco</i>
Brief description
Bowl of tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours, painted by Giovanni Maria, Urbania, ca. 1515
Physical description
Bowl of tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours and bianco sopra bianco. In the deep well is a bust of a girl. The sides of the well are decorated with a trellis pattern and dots in white. On the rim are four panels, alternately segmented and oval, each enclosing a palmette. Between the panels are cornucopias and floral stems symmetrically arranged. The back is decorated at intervals with concentric bands in blue.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 19.7cm
Gallery label
Plate Tin-glazed earthenware C.2140-1910 Salting Bequest(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
531 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
C.2140-1910

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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