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Medieval, maiolica two-handled jar, painted in manganese and green with stags, a buffalo's head, peacock's tail, leaves, lines and bands.
Pale red earthenware, thrown, the interior lead-glazed brownish-yellow, the exterior tin-glazed greyish-white; base unglazed. Painted in manganese and pale green. Bulbous body narrowing sharply towards the flat base, with short cylindrical neck and two broad strap handles. At centre front there is a straight, upward-sloping spout with horns above, four spots below, and a stag on each side, applied in relief.
The spout is decorated to resemble a buffalo's head. The other side is decorated with a stylised flower with two peacock's tail eye motifs in its centre. The handles are flanked by two sets of three vertical manganese lines enclosing three wavy stems with leaves at intervals. The lower part is encircled by an undulating spray of leaves between horizontal manganese bands, and the neck by slanting spaced leaves between pairs of manganese horizontal bands. On the handles, there are alternate groups of manganese and green horizontal lines, flanked, at the bottom, by two addorsed C-shaped strokes.
History note: Alfred Spero, London, from whom purchased in 1920 by F. Leverton Harris (1864-1926), by whom bequesathed
F. Leverton Harris Bequest, 1926
Height: 20.3 cm
Width: 31.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1927) by Harris, Frederick Leverton
15th Century#
Medieval
Circa
1400
CE
-
1450
CE
Tuscany, Umbria or Lazio
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( manganese and copper-green)
Interior
composed of
lead-glaze
Exterior
composed of
tin-glaze
Base
Diameter 14.3 cm
Body
Accession number: C.76-1927
Primary reference Number: 48038
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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