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Workshop: Maestro Giorgio Andreoli (Probably)
Maiolica dish standing on a low foot, painted in polychrome and red and gold lustre, with a bust of a young woman, inscribed 'MADAL/ENA B'.
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed pale beige overall. Painted in blue, yellow, orange, and white; red and gold lustre. Shape 79. Circular with shallow curved sides, standing on a low foot.
A bust of a young woman, full face, her head inclined slightly to her right, and eyes half closed. Her auburn hair is dressed with a centre parting and a plait over the top of her head. She wears a white turban with a radiating design in blue, orange, and red lustre. Round her neck there is an orange necklace with a small pendant. Her gown's decolleté neckline is filled in by a V-necked chemise of diaphanous orange material. A scroll inscribed `MADAL/ENA B' projects on either side of her head. The dark blue ground is scattered with red lustre stars and the rim is encircled by a band of gold lustre. The back is decorated in gold and yellowish-red lustre with a central curved stroke and, on the sides, with three curved strokes separated by straight strokes. There are also several orange splodges and speckles.
History note: Ernest Ambrose Vivian, 2nd Lord Swansea (1848-1922); Swansea, Knight, Frank & Rutley, 13-19 October 1919, A catalogue of the contents of Singleton Abbey, Swansea, lot 662; F. Leverton Harris (1864-1926) by whom bequeathed
F. Leverton Harris Bequest, 1926
Diameter: 27.8 cm
Height: 4.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1927) by Harris, Frederick Leverton
16th Century, second quarter#
Renaissance
Circa
1530
CE
-
1540
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, yellow, orange, and white) reduced pigment lustre ( copper appearing red) reduced pigment lustre ( silver-yellow, appearing gold)
Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, tin-glazed pale beige overall. Painted in blue, yellow, orange, and white; red and gold lustre.
Inscription present: circular
Accession number: C.107-1927
Primary reference Number: 79246
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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