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

Bowl

ca. 1480-1500 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Gadrooned bowl of red earthenware covered with a white slip and with incised decoration on the inner and outer surfaces. Inside the bowl is a medallion with an angel playing the lute. The whole painted with coloured glazes.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with incised and painted decoration
Brief description
Bowl of red earthenware covered with a white slip and with incised decoration of an angel playing the lute. The whole painted with coloured oxides. Italian (Bologna or Ferrara), about 1480-1500.
Physical description
Gadrooned bowl of red earthenware covered with a white slip and with incised decoration on the inner and outer surfaces. Inside the bowl is a medallion with an angel playing the lute. The whole painted with coloured glazes.
Dimensions
  • Taken from register height: 8in
  • Taken from register diameter: 7 1/2in
Credit line
Bought
Object history
Bought from the Robinson Collection.
Originally thought to be from Faenza or Urbino.
Bibliographic reference
Burlington Magazine, XLVIII (May 1926)
Other number
1336 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
195-1879

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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