Plaque
1700-50 (made)
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Plaque depicting allegorical coast-scene with a man with a bow and a feather headdress perhaps intended for an Indian, receiving a covered bowl from Neptune, who has come to shore standing in a chariot drawn by two seahorses and by two tritons and by children playing tambourines. To the left a winged female genius flies down from above. Painted in blue, yellow, orange, olive green and manganese purple.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Round plaque, tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours with allegorical scene with man with bow and feather headdress receiving bowl from Neptune, Gentili worshop, Castelli, Italy, 1700-50 |
| Physical description | Plaque depicting allegorical coast-scene with a man with a bow and a feather headdress perhaps intended for an Indian, receiving a covered bowl from Neptune, who has come to shore standing in a chariot drawn by two seahorses and by two tritons and by children playing tambourines. To the left a winged female genius flies down from above. Painted in blue, yellow, orange, olive green and manganese purple. |
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| Credit line | Given by Bernard Webb, Esq. |
| Production | Flora by P. Ferrari, book published....(Jestaz) cf. B. Jestaz 'Les modeles de la majolique historiee - II - XVII et XVIII siecles' in G. des B.A. Feb 1973 |
| Associated object | CIRC.659-1913 (Pair) |
| Bibliographic reference | Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977 |
| Other number | 1166 - Rackham (1977) |
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| Accession number | CIRC.660-1913 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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