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

Plate

ca. 1510-1520 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Basin for ewer, tin-glazed earthenware. Painted in blue and yellow lustre. On the raised centre is a profile bust of a nun inscribed 'SUORA FIORE' with a border of arabesques. The back is covered in lustre rings with drips of lustre intersecting the rings.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
tin-glazed earthenware with lustre
Brief description
Basin for ewer, tin-glazed earthenware, lustred, Deruta, ca. 1510-1520.
Physical description
Basin for ewer, tin-glazed earthenware. Painted in blue and yellow lustre. On the raised centre is a profile bust of a nun inscribed 'SUORA FIORE' with a border of arabesques. The back is covered in lustre rings with drips of lustre intersecting the rings.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 33.4cm
2010
Marks and inscriptions
'Sura Fiore'
Object history
Provenance: Bernal Collection, transferred to Circulation 10th February 1909
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
1779-1855

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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