15929965600001312637261000Standard Recordobject-48153170292703098117029084890001702926910510fitz-onlineadlib-object-48153https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/48153a96a53fd-9585-3fb3-95ea-33b2d5d922da5referenceterm-108348adlib-term-108348667e7a19-db33-3d85-bd9b-c2dafd8e02fftin-glazed earthenwarereferenceterm-42865adlib-term-4286592be1d50-bb1c-3472-950f-b140ee6cdde9maiolicablue and manganesereferenceterm-108364adlib-term-108364115b8729-a560-35c1-b654-4b9d2fc5f68bhigh-temperature coloursDecorationreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingDiametercm11.5MouthDiametercm12.1BaseWidthcm22.5Across Handlesreferenceterm-115adlib-term-11594d65983-dea2-361b-b187-a968c98ab1d8NatureApplied ArtsRenaissance, maiolica two-handled storage or pharmacy jar, painted in dark relief-blue and manganese with long-tailed birds, oak leaves, dots and lines.Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed creamy-white on the interior and exterior; base unglazed. Painted in dark relief-blue with manganese outlines. Poole, 1995, Shape 42. Ovoid with flat base, short cylindrical neck and two strap handles.
On each side, a long-tailed bird struts in profile to right, surrounded by sprays of oak leaves with dots in the background. On each side of the handles there are three vertical manganese lines, blue undulations and manganese scalloped lines. Round the lower part of the body there are two horizontal manganese bands; on the neck, alternating chevrons and blue spots between pairs of manganese bands. On each handle there are horizontal manganese lines and blue spots, with below, an inverted oak leaf and dots, and above, three spots and dots. On one handle the spots are linked by lines to form an asterisk.no cataloguereferenceexhibition-1605adlib-exhibition-160504d3c358-0bef-3d8f-8df5-14f16987ac1bItalian Maiolica in the Fitzwilliam MuseumC.71-19271accession numberC.71-192748153priref48153urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/48153https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/48153referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumF. Leverton Harris Bequestreferenceagent-151483adlib-agent-15148326fbb332-a159-3961-80ad-ff1bd1a618c2Harris, Frederick Leverton192619261926bequeathedEntry date: 192714201420CE1420circa1420145011450CE14501450district ofmakerreferenceagent-149652adlib-agent-1496520d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98UnknownThis jar is decorated in relief-blue also known as zaffera a rilievo. The pigment was made by mixing imported cobalt-blue and lead, which did not sink into the tin-glaze, and produced a glossy upstanding effect when fired.referenceterm-107270adlib-term-10727098ebf37f-42ba-3d8c-b75f-102d703acef115th Century#referenceterm-10618adlib-term-106189ebc0ae1-8cf8-312b-832c-9cf44da02136Renaissancereferenceterm-106508adlib-term-106508f7f1399b-d092-3a3d-8f96-c3aee3ad8fd5literalItalyItalycountryliteralTuscanyTuscanyregiondistrict of FlorenceFlorenceexcept basereferenceterm-39575adlib-term-39575cdf6707a-1eeb-3622-a26b-6e54f1f8d4abtin-glazereferenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwareHeightcm20.0referenceterm-110759adlib-term-110759c6bf6c5a-3fdd-3aa2-b2e9-0c0c31ea4a68two-handled jartwo-handled storage jartwo-handled pharmacy jarhistory notePrivate collection, London; Alfred Spero, London, from whom purchased on 7 May 1925 by F. Leverton Harris.referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. colour pl. facing facing p. 1414referencepublication-200000991adlib-publication-2000009918abfbba2-051f-3c8e-8476-30efa10336a6Italian maiolica in the collection of the Right Hon. F. Leverton Harris - IIIPubl. p. 3 & pl. Vp. 3referencepublication-1569adlib-publication-15694825b83f-3a92-3c6d-b58b-2686ea0509e0The Leverton Harris Collectionreferencepublication-3141adlib-publication-3141629be7a5-5a0d-375b-ade1-cd4fd3e0c13eL'arte della maiolica in ItaliaPubl. p. 252, no. 37p. 252referencepublication-3160adlib-publication-3160a3b27286-74ed-33c7-a41a-a98989d060b9Zaffera et similia nella maiolica italianaPubl. pp. 99-100, no. 155pp. 99-100referencepublication-3010adlib-publication-3010e3e61863-a797-3051-8d0a-20288306ca36Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum CambridgeRef.and Cf. Vol. I, pp. 77-8, Group V (A-3), II, pls. 62, 66-71.77-8referencepublication-3158adlib-publication-3158eed5e193-4e6d-3560-95ff-0891e31704e2Storia della maiolica di Firenze e del contado secoli XIV e XVCf. pp. 70-5, no. 8, attributed to Florence region and dated to c. 1420-40. Publ. Conti et al, 1991, p. 68, no. 9.pp. 70-5referencepublication-8439adlib-publication-843928a20a57-b6c1-390d-898a-0896650411e9Maiolica before Raphael. Italian ceramics before 1500animalreferenceterm-106419adlib-term-1064196a020a7a-d710-3cb6-af17-8cd664abcf90birdplantreferenceterm-38432adlib-term-38432574d1fc9-f958-3d45-9e32-c114b0cf87b4oakplantreferenceterm-4803adlib-term-4803003c7e5f-96a4-35d8-bac5-1dadc90aba65oak leafliteralbirdbirdliteraloakoakliteraloak leafoak leafreferenceterm-110759adlib-term-110759c6bf6c5a-3fdd-3aa2-b2e9-0c0c31ea4a68two-handled jartwo-handled jarPale buff earthenware, tin-glazed creamy-white on the interior and exterior; base unglazed. Painted in dark relief-blue with manganese outlines.except basereferenceterm-120059adlib-term-120059dfa315b5-819d-37ab-ab22-bddfdbb3cbe7tin-glazingobject
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