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

Bowl

ca. 1525 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Broth-bowl on foot (from an accouchement set) with painted naked boy and ewer inside. The outside divided into six compartments filled alternately with scale-pattern and foliage. Under the base a large capital 'A' above a pavement. Painted in blue, yellow and with red and gold lustre.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Broth bowl on foot, from an accouchement set, depicting a naked boy and ewer inside, made in Gubbio, Italy, about 1525, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Broth-bowl on foot (from an accouchement set) with painted naked boy and ewer inside. The outside divided into six compartments filled alternately with scale-pattern and foliage. Under the base a large capital 'A' above a pavement. Painted in blue, yellow and with red and gold lustre.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.5cm
  • Diameter: 16cm
Marks and inscriptions
'A' (Painted in Roman script under the base of the bowl.)
Gallery label
Bowl Made in Gubbio, Italy about 1525 A Tin-glazed earthenware 529-1865 Soulages Collection(16/07/2008)
Object history
Purchase: Soulages Collection.
Production
John Mallet, 19-1-1999
Bibliographic reference
Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
659 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
529-1865

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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