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

Plate

ca. 1525 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate depicting a bust of a man with the name Mancino da bolonia.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Plate, bust of man with name Mancino da bolonia, probably painted by Nicola da Urbino, Castel Durante or Urbino, about 1525, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Plate depicting a bust of a man with the name Mancino da bolonia.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Mancino dabelonia'
Translation
Mancino from Bologna
Gallery label
Plate Probably painted by Nicola da Urbino, Castel Durante or Urbino about 1525 Inscription: ' Mancino dabelonia' (Mancino from Bologna) Tin-glazed earthenware C.2221-1910 Salting Bequest(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq.
Production
J Mallet, 3-11-2003

Previously attributed to Nicola Pellipario. Perhaps related to the dish to the 1522 dish at Museo Civico di Pesaro. (See Mallet, 2000, Gubbio Publications.Inscription "Mancino dabelonia"
Long circular fire crack in the middle. C.f cat.619620 (dated 1528), similar wreath decoration.
Bibliographic reference
Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
552 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
C.2221-1910

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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