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

Dish

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

Flattish plate painted in blue, yellow, orange, copper green, purple. Depicts the head of the Medusa, the coat of arms of the Pitti family of Florence beneath.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Dish depciting the head of Medusa above the coat of arms of Pitti family of Florence, probably made in Tuscany, ca. 1500
Physical description
Flattish plate painted in blue, yellow, orange, copper green, purple. Depicts the head of the Medusa, the coat of arms of the Pitti family of Florence beneath.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 56.5cm
Object history
Bought from M. Delange, Paris, for 18l.
Subjects depicted
Other number
320 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
1204-1864

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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