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

Dish

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

Dish on low foot with Hercules and the Nemean lion. On the back, concentric circles in gold lustre. Painted in blue, green and yellow with red and gold lustre.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Dish on low foot with Hercules and the Nemean lion, made in Gubbio?, Italy, about 1525, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Dish on low foot with Hercules and the Nemean lion. On the back, concentric circles in gold lustre. Painted in blue, green and yellow with red and gold lustre.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 25.5cm
Gallery label
Dish Made in Gubbio?, Italy about 1525 Tin-glazed earthenware 8931-1863 Soulages Collection(16/07/2008)
Object history
Purchase: Soulages Collection.
Production
Mallet 27-1-1999, probably Gubbio.
According to Rackham catalogue, attributed by both Robinson and Fortnum to Deruta.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian maiolica. London : H.M.S.O., 1977.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
676 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
8931-1863

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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