Basin
ca. 1600 (made)
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Lobed, fluted bassin with out-turned rim on low foot. Painted with grotesque decoration on white groun. A central medallion depicting an enthroned Roman emperor with pleading Gaul ambassadors. Under the foot a painted dolphin.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Basin, externally fluted, with out-turned rim and low foot, probably made in the Patanazzi workshops, Urbino, about 1600, tin-glazed earthenware |
| Physical description | Lobed, fluted bassin with out-turned rim on low foot. Painted with grotesque decoration on white groun. A central medallion depicting an enthroned Roman emperor with pleading Gaul ambassadors. Under the foot a painted dolphin. |
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| Production | See Gere-Zuccaro (Burlington Mag). p. 314, fig. 40. Rackham, Burlington Sept 1963 says probably Fontana not Patanazzi. |
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| Other number | 876 - Rackham (1977) |
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| Accession number | 4696-1858 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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