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Painter:
Africa, Siro Antonio
Factory:
uncertain
Maiolica plate, painted in polychrome with the ruins of an arcade with two men standing by it.
Earthenware, tin-glazed pale cream overall; the reverse has many small pin holes and three stilt marks. Painted in blue, yellowish-green, greyish-green, and manganese-brown.
Shape 65. Circular with gently sloping rim and wide shallow well.
Two men stand with their backs to the viewer beside the ruins of a massive arcade with a mountainous landscape behind it. The rim is brown. On the back, painted in brown are five simplified plants and a mark comprising monogram AF beneath two palm branches and a Maltese cross below a coronet.
History note: Thomas Sutton; Christie's, 8 March 1934, Catalogue of Chinese porcelain & furniture the property of the Rt Hon. the Viscount Barrington and porcelain, faience, decorative objects and furniture, Eastern rugs and tapestry the properties of Thomas Whitney Esq., deceased, a lady of title and various other sources, lot 57; H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950
Diameter: 25.6 cm
Height: 2.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
17th Century#
18th Century
Circa
1660
CE
-
1720
CE
Formerly attributed to Angarano or to the Manardi factory in Bassano.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, yellowish-green, greyish-green, and manganese-brown)
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed pale cream overall; the reverse has many small pin holes and three stilt marks. Painted in blue, yellowish-green, greyish-green, and manganese-brown.
Inscription present: circular with dark blue border
Accession number: C.252-1991
Primary reference Number: 73657
Packing number: EURCER 386
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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