Production: Unidentified Faenza pottery (Probably)
The foot and part of the base of a large bowl or crespina. Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed white overall. Painted in dark blue with a little yellow and orange. The fragment comprises the convex base of the bowl, and a small area of moulded side, attached to a high, circular, spreading foot. Painted on the front with a winged Cupid who stands looking towards the left, holding an arrow or baton in his left hand, and raising his right arm (hand missing).
History note: According to a label accompanying a group of fragments including this one given by R.C. Bosanquet they were 'Mostly bought at Orvieto; some pieces (marked P at back) from Perugia. The Orvieto pieces, with a few exceptions were found in excavating foundations for houses near the Cathedral.'
Given by R.C. Bosanquet
Height: 4.2 cm
Width: 14.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1904) by Bosanquet, R. C.
16th Century
Circa
1560
CE
-
1600
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( in dark blue with a little yellow and orange)
Foot
Diameter 4.2 cm
Tin-glazing : Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed white overall, and painted in dark blue with a little yellow and orange.
Accession number: C.121-1904
Primary reference Number: 81145
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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