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Maker: Unknown (Supposedly)
Renaissance maiolica shallow bowl, painted in polychrome with, in the middle, jugate busts of a man and woman.
Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides, the reverse appearing pinkish-cream. Painted in dark blue, yellowish-green, dark yellow, and dark manganese.
Circular with a flat centre and shallow sides moulded with dimples.
In the middle, framed by concentric blue bands of different widths and one dark yellow band, are the jugate busts of a young man and woman with groups of three dark manganese dots in the background. On the sides, there are blue, yellow and white egg or leaf motifs with green in the spaces; round the rim, a narrow blue band and a wider yellow band decorated with blue points.
History note: Richard von Kaufmann; Berlin, Cassirer & Helbing, 4 December 1917, vol. III, Die Sammlung Richard von Kaufmann, III, lot 511 & pl. 84. Kurt Glogowski; Sotheby's, 8 June 1932, Catalogue of the well-known collection of important Italian majolica, also bronzes and statuary, velvets, textiles and embroideries, fine Oriental rugs, & c. the property of Herr Kurt Glogowski of Berlin, p. 9, lot 21; H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950.
Diameter: 17.8 cm
Height: 3.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
15th Century#
16th Century
Circa
1490
CE
-
1510
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( dark blue, yellowish-green, dark yellow, and dark manganese)
Tin-glazing : Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides, the reverse appearing pinkish-cream. Painted in dark blue, yellowish-green, dark yellow, and dark manganese.
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge
Accession number: C.196-1991
Primary reference Number: 48317
Packing number: EURCER 313
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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