Dish
1520-1550
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Among the most popular designs on large Deruta dishes of this kind are single figures of horsemen, either Western lancers, such as this one, or, Turkish ones. This type of plate may have formed a pair with an Ottoman rider proceeding in the opposite direction.
Object details
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Object type | |
Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted with colours |
Brief description | Dish depicting a man carrying a spear on a horse, possibly made in Mancini workshop, Deruta, Italy, mid 16th century, tin-glazed earthenware |
Physical description | A lancer mounted on a horse gallops to the right. The rim is divided by radial stripes into six panels filled with different decorations. Colours orange, green, yellow and blue. Greenish lead-glaze on the back; a capital letter or symbol in the middle of the foot. J Mallet suspension holes and pierced. badly broken, not restored. grey shadows on horse. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'V' with a paraph (Maker's mark painted in Roman script on the underside of the dish.) |
Object history | Delange Collection, Paris. |
Production | Giulio Busti from the Deruta Museum suggested this dating (2009) |
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Summary | Among the most popular designs on large Deruta dishes of this kind are single figures of horsemen, either Western lancers, such as this one, or, Turkish ones. This type of plate may have formed a pair with an Ottoman rider proceeding in the opposite direction. |
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Other number | 757 - Rackham (1977) |
Collection | |
Accession number | 2595-1856 |
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Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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