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Basin

1475-1500 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Basin with flat bottom, vertical sides and slightly slanting rim.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Earthenware covered with a tin glaze and painted in colours with an image of a 'Vanitas' figure of a mermaid and the the possible arms of Lulli of Florence. Italian, Deruta or Pesaro, about 1475-1500.
Physical description
Basin with flat bottom, vertical sides and slightly slanting rim.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9cm
  • Diameter: 38.5cm
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Basin
Made in Deruta, Italy 1475-1500
Tin-glazed earthenware

660-1884 Castellani Collection
(2010 (TAB & ES))
Basin with mermaid representing Vanity
Pesaro, 1460-80
Object history
Formerly Castellani Collection.

Purchase price note: Bought for £82 10s.
Production
Deruta or Pesaro, 1475-1500. Possibly Arms of Lulli of Florence.

Compare to basin in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (ta.45, Donatone 1993)

Giulio Busti (Deruta Museum) 2010
Does not think the basin is from Deruta and suggests Pesaro
Bibliographic references
  • Donatone, G. La Maiolica napoletana del Rinascimento. Napoli, 1993. tav.45.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
127 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
660-1884

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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