Plate
ca. 1510-1520 (made)
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Plate of tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours. In a medallion enclosed by a narrow band of scrolls in bianco sopra bianco, Cupid is depicted seated on the ground in a landscape, and has a long tube for blowing bubbles. A shallow dish is next to him into which water is trickling from a spout issuing from a rocky bank. The rim is painted with a blue background which has been engraved with a symmetrical design of dolphins, cornucopias, wings, vases and palmettes, picked out in colours. The back is decorated with a design of stars and dots in a circular medallion.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours |
| Brief description | Plate of tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours, painted by the 'Vulcan Painter', Cafaggiolo, ca. 1510-1520 |
| Physical description | Plate of tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours. In a medallion enclosed by a narrow band of scrolls in bianco sopra bianco, Cupid is depicted seated on the ground in a landscape, and has a long tube for blowing bubbles. A shallow dish is next to him into which water is trickling from a spout issuing from a rocky bank. The rim is painted with a blue background which has been engraved with a symmetrical design of dolphins, cornucopias, wings, vases and palmettes, picked out in colours. The back is decorated with a design of stars and dots in a circular medallion. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
| Production | Painted by the 'Vulcan Painter' |
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| Other number | 317 - Rackham (1940) |
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| Accession number | C.2085-1910 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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