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Maker:
Unidentified Orvieto pottery
(Perhaps)
Maker:
Unidentified Todi pottery
(Perhaps)
Late Medieval maiolica fragment of a relief from a jug, with a face of a bearded man, painted in black and green.
Pale yellowish-buff earthenware, moulded in relief with the face of a bearded man; concave on the reverse. Painted in black with a little green at the edges.
History note: Signor Avvocato Marcioni or Cavaliere Capitano Lucatelli; Sotheby's, 16-17 February 1914, Catalogue of the collections of early Italian pottery formed by Signor Avvocato Marcioni and Cavaliere Capitano Lucatelli of Orvieto, lot 16 (1) & pl. I. Purchased from Kerin, London, on 9 December 1933 by H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Depth: 2.4 cm
Height: 6.2 cm
Width: 3.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1300
CE
-
Circa
1400
CE
This mask fragment was probably attached to a jug made in Orvieto or possibly Todi (Umbria), although given its provenance, the former is more likely.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( black and copper-green)
Moulding in relief : Pale yellowish-buff earthenware, moulded in relief decoration, painted in black with a little copper-green at the edges.
Accession number: C.71-1991
Primary reference Number: 47693
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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