Dish
ca. 1530 (made)
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The youth wears a blue cap and orange tunic with yellow sleeves. The bust is in a medallion enclosed by several concentric mouldings in relief. The space between these and the narrow rim is decorated with compartmentalised designs of acanthus leaf, scale-pattern, cornucopias and foliage. The rim is enriched by a wreath of conventional buds on an orange ground. On the back are groups of blue concentric circles.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Dish with the portrait of a youth with the name 'Cesaro', made in Deruta, about 1530, tin-glazed earthenware |
| Physical description | The youth wears a blue cap and orange tunic with yellow sleeves. The bust is in a medallion enclosed by several concentric mouldings in relief. The space between these and the narrow rim is decorated with compartmentalised designs of acanthus leaf, scale-pattern, cornucopias and foliage. The rim is enriched by a wreath of conventional buds on an orange ground. On the back are groups of blue concentric circles. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
| Object history | Lord Hastings Collection. Hastings Sale Cat., Christie's, 20 March 1888, Lot 78. |
| Production | Rackham, cat. Deruta, about 1510. J Mallet, 09.01.2001 In central medallion is a long-haired youth with cup (?) and inscription: CESARO. Moulded profiles around central rim. Possibly this was a basin. On the back groups of concentric circles in blue. |
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| Other number | 416 - Rackham (1977) |
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| Accession number | C.2071-1910 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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