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Maker: Unknown (Probably)
Renaissance maiolica bowl, painted in polychrome with, in the middle, a stylised plant surrounded by concentric circles, and on the sides curved lines, flowers and foliage.
Pale red earthenware, covered with cream slip and painted in blue, green, yellow, and orange under translucent lead glaze. Circular with deep curved sides. In the middle is a stylised plant with three flowers, surrounded by three concentric orange circles over yellow. The sides are decorated with six curved blue lines each enclosing a flower and foliage of the same type, with three orange bands over yellow above and below.
History note: Probably purchased from Kerin, London, on 9 December 1993 by H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest
Diameter: 13.6 cm
Height: 5.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1500
CE
-
1600
CE
Probably Northern Lazio or Umbria
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, and orange)
Slip-coated : Pale red earthenware, covered with cream slip and painted in blue, green, yellow, and orange under translucent lead glaze.
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge
Accession number: C.162-1991
Primary reference Number: 72344
Packing number: EURCER 431
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72344 Accessed: 2024-12-25 05:39:58
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