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Maker: Unknown (Probably)
Renaissance maiolica shallow bowl on foot, painted in polychrome with a man and woman standing in a landscape with a wood and the sea in the background.
Shallow bowl on foot. Earthenware, tin-glazed overall; the reverse, greyish and tinged with blue near the edges. Painted in blue, green, yellowish-green, yellow, orange, brown, a little manganese-purple, black, and white.
Circular with scalloped rim of sixteen arcs, curved sides moulded with interlacing petals, and convex centre, standing on a low replacement foot.
In the middle a man in classical costume stands holding a bow in his left hand and pointing towards the left of the dish with his right hand. A woman wearing a long gown and cloak stands to the right turning towards him. In the background there is a wood and the sea. The rim is yellow. On the back, two yellow bands encircle the junction of the bowl and foot and the rim.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Diameter: 26.0 cm
Height: 7.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century
19th Century, Late#
20th Century, Early
Circa
1570
CE
-
1600
CE
Circa
1870
CE
-
1925
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellowish-green, yellow, orange, brown, a little manganese-purple, black, and white)
Moulding
: Earthenware, tin-glazed overall; the reverse, greyish and tinged with blue near the edges. Painted in blue, green, yellowish-green, yellow, orange, brown, a little manganese-purple, black, and white.
Tin-glazing
Inscription present: oval with gold border
Accession number: C.218-1991
Primary reference Number: 73177
Packing number: EURCER 373
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/73177 Accessed: 2024-12-22 15:06:40
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