Dish thumbnail 1
Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Dish

ca. 1530 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl, fluted and scalloped; the raised centre is painted with a half-length figure of a woman holding a pierced heart. The border is of radiating flutings alternating in orange and deep blue, painted with foliated scrolls.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Fluted and scalloped bowl, woman holding a pierced heart within a border of foliated scrolls, tin-glazed earthenware, made in Faenza, ca. 1530
Physical description
Bowl, fluted and scalloped; the raised centre is painted with a half-length figure of a woman holding a pierced heart. The border is of radiating flutings alternating in orange and deep blue, painted with foliated scrolls.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23.5cm
Object history
Provenance: Bought from the Soulages Collection for 6l, transferred to Circulation 1909
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Elisa Sani, Not in Rackham - 'Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Victoria and Albert Museum – Part 1', in: Keramos 210 (2010), pp. 1-30, cat. 13
Collection
Accession number
8955-1863

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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