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

Dish

c. 1490 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish with a deep sunk centre and wide rim, tin-glazed earthenware painted with a central rosette and bands of varied foliage and geometrical ornament in blue and ochre. The reverse is also decorated.. In the well a central rosette and bands of varied foliage and geometrical ornament. On the reverse stylized petals 'petal back' decoration, filled with vertical lines surrounded by blue outlines and dots.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Dish, tin-glazed earthenware, painted with colours, Italy, Deruta ca. 1490
Physical description
Dish with a deep sunk centre and wide rim, tin-glazed earthenware painted with a central rosette and bands of varied foliage and geometrical ornament in blue and ochre. The reverse is also decorated.. In the well a central rosette and bands of varied foliage and geometrical ornament. On the reverse stylized petals 'petal back' decoration, filled with vertical lines surrounded by blue outlines and dots.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.1cm
Object history
Provenance: Castellani Collection, transferred to Circulation 31st May 1909
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
654-1884

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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