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Renaissance, earthenware fragment of a dish centre, slip coated, incised, painted in blue, green, and brownish-yellow under lead glaze with, part of a landscape.
Pinkish-buff earthenware, coated in white slip except for the area inside just beyond the footring. Incised and cut-away decoration painted in blue, green, and brownish-yellow under lead glaze. Concave and approximately rectangular with a footring.
Part of a landscape with buildings, including a church, a tower, and a double bridge or viaduct, with mountains and bushes; on the back, an incised leaf.
History note: From the Lagoon in Venice. M. Mogrobi, Amsterdam. H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950
Height: 4.1 cm
Length: 16 cm
Width: 15 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1540
CE
-
1600
CE
Incised slipware dishes decorated with buildings in landscapes were the lead-glazed equivalents of maiolica dishes decorated landscapes which Cipriano Piccolpasso in I tre libri del arte del vasaio, stated were made in Venice and Genoa.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in blue, green, and brownish-yellow)
Slip-coated : Pinkish-buff earthenware, coated in white slip except for the area inside just beyond the footring. Incised and cut-away decoration painted in blue, green, and brownish-yellow under lead glaze.
Inscription present: underlined
Accession number: C.283-1991
Primary reference Number: 74112
Packing number: EURCER 420
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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