Bowl
17th November 1503 (dated)
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This dish is one of the key pieces for the study of istoriato maiolica (narrative painted pottery), being one of the earliest dated examples of this style. The evolution of istoriato is well understood from the 1520s onwards, it is less clear where the style originated and this dish, dated 1503, stands at the very beginning of this development. It is likely that the style originated in more than one place at the same time, in Tuscany, Umbria and The Marches; this bowl is likely to come from the latter region, recent studies have shown that the Marchigian town of Pesaro, as well as Castel Durante was a producer of the finest quality maiolica around 1500.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted with colours |
| Brief description | Bowl with a satyr looking at nymphs bathing in ornamental border; probably Pesaro or Castel Durante, dated 1503 |
| Physical description | Bowl, curving sides, the centre convex, slight foot-ring. Tin-glazed overall. Painted in blue, green, orange and yellow (check brown). In a the centre on a landscape, two naked nymphs bathing by a waterfall being spied on by a satyr. Around the border an interlaced knotted pattern with stylized flowers. On the reverse a running leaf-scroll pattern. Within the foot-ring the inscription: 1503 adj 17/de novembre. |
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| Credit line | Purchased with contributions from the National Art Collection |
| Object history | Alexender Barker Collection Basilewski Collection Damiron Collection Stephen Courtauld Collection British Rail Pension Fund Collection |
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| Summary | This dish is one of the key pieces for the study of istoriato maiolica (narrative painted pottery), being one of the earliest dated examples of this style. The evolution of istoriato is well understood from the 1520s onwards, it is less clear where the style originated and this dish, dated 1503, stands at the very beginning of this development. It is likely that the style originated in more than one place at the same time, in Tuscany, Umbria and The Marches; this bowl is likely to come from the latter region, recent studies have shown that the Marchigian town of Pesaro, as well as Castel Durante was a producer of the finest quality maiolica around 1500. |
| Bibliographic reference | Robinson, J.C. (ed.). Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Works of Art of the Mediaeval, Renaissance, and more recent periods: on loan at the South Kensington Museum, June 1862. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M. Stationery Office, rev. ed. January 1863.
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| Accession number | C.36-1989 |
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| Record created | October 20, 1998 |
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