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Bowl: C.135-1933

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown

Entities

  • Bowl
  • shallow bowl on low foot
  • coppa d'amore

Categories

Description

Shallow bowl on low foot. Pale red earthenware, covered with off-white tin-glaze. Painted in blue, green, yellow, and orange.
Circular with a wavy rim, the curved sides moulded with alternately wide and narrow flutes radiating from a circular convex area in the middle; low trumpet-shaped foot.
In the middle, framed by two concentric blue circles, is a bust of a woman in profile to left. She wears a cap and dress, both painted in yellow and orange, the shoulders of the latter decorated with foliated scrolls. Behind her is a scroll inscribed in blue, `NIN/NCEN/TIA.B'; the background is green. The sides are decorated with blue foliated scrolls with yellow and orange flowers, interrupted at the top by a stylised plant, and, at the bottom, by a bunch of fruit and foliage. The rim is yellow.

Notes

History note: Unknown

Legal notes

Given by Alfred A. De Pass

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 21.5 cm
Height: 5.1 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Deruta ⪼ Umbria ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1933) by de Pass, Alfred A.

Dating

16th Century, Mid
Circa 1530 - 1560

School or Style

Renaissance

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, and orange)

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Pale red earthenware, covered with off-white tin-glaze. Painted in blue, green, yellow, and orange.
Tin-glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: oval

  • Text: FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM/GIVEN BY ALFRED DE PASS/1933
  • Method of creation: Printed in black
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.135-1933
Primary reference Number: 71854
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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