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Light reddish-brown earthenware, moulded in relief and decorated with opaque blue, yellow and white glazes and translucent dark green glaze. Square with an upstanding rim on the back. Within a circular frame decorated with stylised leaves, a bust portrait in profile to right of King Louis II of Hungary; in the spandrels, stylised foliage.
History note: Hans Schwarz Collection, Vienna, c. 1910
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 22.0 cm
Width: 23.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1943-08-13) by Hans Schwarz Collection
16th Century
Circa
1522
CE
-
1526
CE
Louis II of Hungary (1506-26) ruled from 1515 until 1526 when he was killed at the battle of Mohács. He married Mary of Burgundy in 1522.
Frame
composed of
wood (plant material)
( ebonised)
Decoration
composed of
glaze
( opaque blue, yellow and white glazes and translucent dark green glaze)
light reddish-brown Earthenware
Moulding in relief : Earthenware, moulded in relief and decorated with opaque blue, yellow and white glazes and translucent dark green glaze
Accession number: EC.49-1943
Primary reference Number: 15550
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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