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Bowl: MAR.C.65-1912

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Current Location: Gallery 6 (Upper Marlay): case 4, shelf C

Maker(s)

Maker: Unidentified Urbino potter (Possibly)
Maker: Unidentified Castel Durante potter (Possibly)

Entities

  • Bowl
  • shallow bowl on low foot

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Description

Maiolica shallow bowl on a low foot, painted in polychrome with a bust of a young woman, inscribed `LAVRA/BELLA'.

Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, cream, and black. Circular, with shallow curved sides, standing on a low foot.
A bust of a young woman, three-quarters to right, her gaze cast downwards to her right. Her blonde hair is dressed in a plait over the crown of her head. She wears a green and yellow turban embroidered with black scrolling foliage; two gold chains and a rope of beads; and a green dress with a yellow chemise showing on the shoulders. A scroll inscribed `LAVRA/BELLA' in blue projects on either side of her head. The background is blue. On the back are four concentric yellow bands: on the edge of the foot, just beyond the junction of the foot and bowl, and two round the rim.

Notes

History note: Perhaps the Marquis D'Azeglio; Paris, Hotel Drouot, 16-17 March 1868, Catalogue de faïences italiennes et autres ainsi que d'objets d'art et de curiosité . . . formant la collection de M. le Marquis d'Azeglio, lot 75. C.B. Marlay before 1887.

Legal notes

C.B. Marlay Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 22.7 cm
Height: 4.7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

16th Century
Renaissance
Circa 1525 CE - 1535 CE

Note

This type of dish is traditionally attributed to Castel Durante, but could have been made in Urbino

School or Style

Renaissance

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, orange, cream, and black)

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, cream, and black.

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.C.65-1912
Primary reference Number: 79262

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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