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Footed Dish

ca. 1530 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The decoration in relief is coloured with yellow lustre and bordered by shading in blue. The subject of the Resurrection occupies a slightly convex medallion in the middle, our Lord rises with a banner on a cross in his left hand from an oblong tomb around which three soldiers recline in sleep. The medallion is surrounded by boys supporting a trophy of arms, demi-figures and foliated dolphins symmetrically arranged in pairs. The back and foot are painted in lustre with concentric circles in pairs.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Tazza depicting the Resurrection, made in Deruta, about 1530, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
The decoration in relief is coloured with yellow lustre and bordered by shading in blue. The subject of the Resurrection occupies a slightly convex medallion in the middle, our Lord rises with a banner on a cross in his left hand from an oblong tomb around which three soldiers recline in sleep. The medallion is surrounded by boys supporting a trophy of arms, demi-figures and foliated dolphins symmetrically arranged in pairs. The back and foot are painted in lustre with concentric circles in pairs.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.5cm
  • Height: 6.5cm
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Dish on foot depicting the Resurrection
Made in Deruta about 1530
Tin-glazed earthenware

C.2164-1910 Bequeathed by George Salting
Credit line
Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq.
Production
J Mallet, 25.07.2000
Broken, old restorations. Concentric circles in lustre on the back.
Subject 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
771 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
C.2164-1910

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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