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

Ecce Homo

Plaque
ca. 1740 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oval medallion, tin-glazed earthenware, with plain moulded border picked out in blue, the centre painted in colours (and outlined in manganese) with 'Ecce Homo', Christ looking up to right; two glazed suspension holes and wire loop; the body is a red earthenware, much blackened at the back


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleEcce Homo (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Plaque, 'Ecce Homo', earthenware oval medallion with plain moulded border picked out in blue, Fauchier pottery factory, France, about 1740
Physical description
Oval medallion, tin-glazed earthenware, with plain moulded border picked out in blue, the centre painted in colours (and outlined in manganese) with 'Ecce Homo', Christ looking up to right; two glazed suspension holes and wire loop; the body is a red earthenware, much blackened at the back
Object history
Bought from the Aigoin Collection
Production
Acquired as Nevers c. 1640-60; reattributed to Marseille, Fauchier factory about 1740
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
368-1870

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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