Plate
1510
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Dish painted in darck blue, orange, yellow, copper green and dark red. In the middle, in a medallion with siccessive borders of wavy ribbon-motives and palmettes, Nessus carrying off Deianira. On the rim, a symmetrical design composed of winged masks, dolphins in pairs on either side of a basin, and formal flowers between cornucopias, in reserve on an orange ground. The back plain, the middle bare of enamel.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted with colours |
| Brief description | Plate, Nessus carrying off off Deianira, made in Siena, about 1510 |
| Physical description | Dish painted in darck blue, orange, yellow, copper green and dark red. In the middle, in a medallion with siccessive borders of wavy ribbon-motives and palmettes, Nessus carrying off Deianira. On the rim, a symmetrical design composed of winged masks, dolphins in pairs on either side of a basin, and formal flowers between cornucopias, in reserve on an orange ground. The back plain, the middle bare of enamel. |
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| Other number | 379 - Rackham (1977) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 3031-1855 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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