Vase and Cover

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On display at V&A South Kensington

Ceramics, Room 143, The Timothy Sainsbury Gallery

Artist/Maker	Andreoli, Giorgio (maker)
Place of origin	Gubbio (made)

Purchased along with other outstanding ceramics from the Soulages collection in the 1860s, this vase was considered one of the earliest and most successful examples of Italian lustreware, a technique much admired at the time.

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Categories	Access_to_Images 2003 Vases Earthenware Ceramics SCRAN
Object type	Vase and cover
Parts	This object consists of 2 parts. Vase Cover
Materials and techniques	Tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration. Earthenware Glazing Firing Shaping
Brief description	Vase and Cover, attributed to the workshop of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli, Gubbio, 1500-1510, tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration
Physical description	Vase and cover with two handles, tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration in brown, blue and white.
Dimensions	Height: 26cm Width: 24cm Depth: 17.5cm
Gallery label	VASE AND COVER Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) decorated with metallic lustre ITALIAN (Gubbio); about 1510 Cat. No. 510
Object history	Bought from the Soulages Collection for £ 20. Soulages Collection reports, 1856, p. 5, no. 91 'Grand vase and cover, Maestro Giorgio'
Production	Possibly made by Giorgio in the workshop of Giacomo di Paoluccio at Gubbio
Summary	Purchased along with other outstanding ceramics from the Soulages collection in the 1860s, this vase was considered one of the earliest and most successful examples of Italian lustreware, a technique much admired at the time.
Bibliographic references	Baker, Malcolm, and Brenda Richardson (eds.), A Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: V&A Publications, 1999. cat. 53 Tim Stanley (ed.), with Mariam Rosser-Owen and Stephen Vernoit, Palace and Mosque: Islamic Art from the Middle East, London, V&A Publications, 2004 pp.117, 123 Darr, A.P., T. Wilson, 'Italian Renaissance and Later Ceramics', Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Vol. 87 (2013) no. 1/4, p. 15, fig. 2, illustrates our vase.
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	500&A-1865

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Record created	November 18, 2003
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O85840/vase-and-cover-andreoli-giorgio/

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