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ca. 1580 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cover of a vase or small dish, oval, moulded outside in relief with a lion's mask at either end and volutes between, tin-glazed earthenware, painted with a woman leading a child. On the foot, a painted head of a youth. Two holes are drilled through the foot, for suspention.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Small dish or cover, oval with relief lion's mask and volutes, possibly made in the Patanazzi workshop, Urbino, Italy, ca. 1580, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Cover of a vase or small dish, oval, moulded outside in relief with a lion's mask at either end and volutes between, tin-glazed earthenware, painted with a woman leading a child. On the foot, a painted head of a youth. Two holes are drilled through the foot, for suspention.
Dimensions
  • Length: 16cm
  • Width: 11.5cm
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Small dish or cover
Patanazzi workshop, Possibly Patanazzi workshop, Urbino, Italy about 1580
Tin-glazed earthenware

5410-1859
Object history
Purchase price note: Bought for £2 10s.
Bibliographic reference
Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
880 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
5410-1859

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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