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Pale 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, is a bust portrait in profile to left of Mary of Hungary, wife of Louis II; in the spandrels, stylised foliage. In ebonised wood frame.
History note: Hans Schwarz Collection, Vienna
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 22.0 cm
Width: 22.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1943-08-13) by Hans Schwarz Collection
16th Century, second quarter#
Circa
1522
CE
-
1526
CE
Mary of Burgundy (1505-58), married Louis II of Hungary in 1522 and was Queen until 1526 when he was killed at the battle of Mohács. Later 1531-52 she was Regent of the Netherlands.
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.50-1943
Primary reference Number: 15551
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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