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

Dish

1520 ca (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of glazed earthenware painted with the bust of a lady wearing a yellow turban and holding a pink flower in her left hand. The rim is rayed in compartments filled in with imbrications, floral scrolls and other ornament, in polychrome.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Glazed earthenware painted in colours
Brief description
Dish of glazed earthenware painted in colours, Deruta, early 16th century
Physical description
Dish of glazed earthenware painted with the bust of a lady wearing a yellow turban and holding a pink flower in her left hand. The rim is rayed in compartments filled in with imbrications, floral scrolls and other ornament, in polychrome.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 40cm
Object history
Castellani Collection; transferred to Circulation 10th March 1909
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
645-1884

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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