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A Battle
Workshop: Durantino, Guido (Probably)
Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed overall; the reverse pale beige and faintly tinged with green. Painted blue, green, yellow, orange, brown, manganese-purple, black, and white. Circular with scalloped rim of twenty arcs, curved sides moulded with four double petal outlines, and convex centre, originally standing on a low foot.
Two armies in Roman costume, positioned on the right and left, are about to attack each other. One man has already been killed and lies on the ground in the middle. The commander of the troop on the right has an eagle crest on his helmet, and carries an oval shield charged with an eagle displayed below a crown; two soldiers behind him also have eagle crests. One of the opposing force carries a standard with a frog on it. In the landscape background there are tents, a tree, the sea and mountainous islands with buildings. The rim is yellow. On the back, the petals are outlined in blue and a yellow band encircles the rim.
History note: C.B. Marlay before 1887.
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Diameter: 28.0 cm
Height: 5.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1545
CE
-
1560
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, orange, brown, manganese-purple, black, and white) tin-glaze
Moulding
: Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed overall; the reverse pale beige and faintly tinged with green. Painted blue, green, yellow, orange, brown, manganese-purple, black, and white.
Painting
Tin-glazing
Accession number: MAR.C.58-1912
Primary reference Number: 79718
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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