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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. 1535 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish with deep well depicting scene with mythological figures, probably from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Dish with deep well, scene with mythological figures, probably made and lustred at the workshop of Maestro Giorgio, Gubbio about 1535, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Dish with deep well depicting scene with mythological figures, probably from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 27cm
Gallery label
Dish depicting scene with mythological figures, probably from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' Probably made and lustred in workshop of Maestro Giorgio , Gubbio about 1535 Tin-glazed earthenware C.2208-1910 Salting Bequest(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq.
Production
Probably made and lustred at the workshop of Maestro Giorgio.

J Mallet, 24-03-99
Painted in blue, green, yellow orange, black. Red and gold lustre. Several spur marks on rim. C.f in C. Curnow, 1992, nos, 68-69 and Rasmussen, 1989, cat.69 p.116 for proposed attribution.
Subject depicted
Literary referenceOvid. <u>Metamorphoses</u>
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian maiolica. London : H.M.S.O., 1977.
  • Curnow, C. Italian maiolica in the National Museums of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1992. Nos.68-69.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
742 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
C.2208-1910

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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