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Workshop: Domenego da Venezia (Probably)
Renaissance maiolica jar, painted in polychrome with, on each side, an oval panel enclosing the bust of a man, and another with the bust of a woman.
Jar. Earthenware, tin-glazed creamy-white on both sides; rim and base unglazed. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, brown, manganese-purple, black, and a little white.
Globular with short narrow neck, and flat base.
On each side there is an oval panel with a scrolled frame: one enclosing the bust of a man in profile to right wearing a doublet and ruff; the other, the bust of a woman in profile to right. The sides are decorated with stylized foliage and flowers, reserved in a blue ground incised with short curved strokes. Narrow blue and wider yellow horizontal bands encircle the base and neck.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950.
Diameter: 29.0 cm
Height: 26.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1560
CE
-
1570
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, orange, brown, manganese-purple, black, and a little white)
rim and base unglazed
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed creamy-white on both sides; rim and base unglazed. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, brown, manganese-purple, black, and a little white.
Accession number: C.246-1991
Primary reference Number: 73549
Packing number: EURCER 346
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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