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Renaissance maiolica shallow bowl, painted in polychrome with a woman playing a lute in a landscape.
Bowl. Dark buff earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, and brown.
Shape approximately 77. Circular with shallow curved sides standing on a narrow solid foot.
A woman, wearing contemporary costume and playing a lute, sits on a grassy bank in a landscape with a tree on the left, a house on the right, a lake or river, and distant mountains. Narrow blue and yellow bands encircle the rim.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest
Diameter: 16.1 cm
Height: 4.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1530
-
1550
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow, orange, and brown)
Foot
Diameter 6.5 cm
Tin-glazing : Dark buff earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, and brown.
Inscription present: the remains of a rectangular label
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge
Accession number: C.202-1991
Primary reference Number: 73021
Packing number: EURCER 360
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73021 Accessed: 2024-12-27 06:00:49
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