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Maker: Unknown
Renaissance maiolica bowl on a high foot, painted in polychrome with, on the inside, a central medallion of a bust of a woman and, on the sides, decoration alla porcellana.
Earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, and manganese-brown, and incised through the blue.
Shape 74. Circular with everted rim, deep sides encircled midway down by a rib and a high, stepped foot.
The central medallion contains a bust of woman in profile to left with `diamantte bella' inscribed on a yellow ground in front of her; the rest of the background is divided vertically into blue and green areas. The medallion is framed by a wide blue band incised with Vs, and alternating stylised plant motifs enclosed by blue concentric circles: wide, narrow and wide. The sides are decorated alla porcellana with a band of foliage and dentate half-moon flowers. The rim is blue. The upper part of the exterior has a similar alla porcellana border. Below the rib there is a blue zone decorated with white alternating flowers and lozenges, and a white zone decorated with blue Vs. The foot is encircled by three blue bands, the outer one of which is incised with oblique strokes.
History note: Cecil Leitch & Kerin Ltd., London, from whom purchased on 3 May 1932 by H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950
Height: 19.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1530
CE
-
1550
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow, orange, and manganese-brown)
Foot
Diameter 15.7 cm
Rim
Diameter 33.0 cm
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, and manganese-brown, and incised through the blue.
Accession number: C.186-1991
Primary reference Number: 48438
Packing number: EURCER 317
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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