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

Bowl

1455-58 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painted with the arms of Pope Callixtus III (Alfonso Borgia, 1455 - 1458)


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in manganese purple and dark blue
Brief description
Earthenware bowl covered with a tin glaze and painted in colours with a shield of arms of Pope Callixtus III. Italian, Rome, about 1455
Physical description
Painted with the arms of Pope Callixtus III (Alfonso Borgia, 1455 - 1458)
Dimensions
  • Height: 5cm
  • Diameter: 21cm
Gallery label
Dish with arms of Pope Callixtus III, Rome, 1455-58(2010 (TAB))
Credit line
Bought
Object history
Formerly Henry Wallis Collection, said to have been found in the Tiber at Rome.
Production
Said to have been found in the Tiber
Bibliographic reference
Alfano, Carla and Llombart, Felipe V. Garín (eds.), I Borgia, Milano : Electa, 2002 I.6, p.64
Other number
181 - Rackham (1940)
Collection
Accession number
C.7-1922

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Record createdAugust 30, 2002
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