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Production: Unidentified Deruta pottery (Probably)
Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides and painted in blue, yellow, orange and brown.Concave fragment of irregular outline.Painted with the head and right arm of a Bishop in the act of Benediction with background of sky. On the reverse, two yellow lines near the edge.
History note: Purportedly from a pozzo in Orvieto. Collection of Signor Avvocato Arcangelo Marcioni or Cavaliere Capitano Ferdinando Lucatelli; purchased by Bernard Rackham (1876-1964) from their agent, Fenton, Cranbourne Street, shortly after the sale of their collections at Sotheby's on 16-17 February, 1914, but not included in it.
Bequeathed by Bernard Rackham
Length: 7.1 cm
Width: 5.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1964-03-12) by Rackham, Bernard
16th Century, Late-17th Century, Early#
Renaissance
Circa
1570
CE
-
1620
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in blue, yellow, orange and brown)
Throwing
: Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides and painted in blue, yellow, orange and brown.
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.4.6-1964
Primary reference Number: 74897
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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