Production: Unknown
Tin-glazed earthenware bowl painted in blue, green, yellow and brown with concentric circles, crosses, and interlace pattern
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the interior and exterior. Painted in blue, green, yellow and brown. Approximately hemispherical with everted rim, standing on a narrow, solid foot.
In the middle of the interior there is a central medallion comprising crossed pairs of short brown lines with dots in the spaces over a yellow circle, surrounded by three concentric blue circles. On the side there is a band of circles formed by two interlacing green lines, over a yellow horizontal band with pairs of brown strokes over it, and brown dashes above and below the green lines. The rim is encircled by three blue bands and a yellow band.
History note: One of a group of fragments acquired in Northern Italy 1908-1910 by Richard Sneade Brown (1851-1917); his list of the fragments gives Bologna as place of acquisition
Given by R.S. Brown
Diameter: 13.2 cm
Height: 6.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1910-05-30) by Brown, Richard Sneade
16th Century
Circa
1500
CE
-
1550
CE
Ferrara or Bologna
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow and brown)
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the interior and exterior, painted on the interior in blue, green, yellow and brown
Inscription present: rectangular with octagonal blue border
Accession number: C.5-1910
Primary reference Number: 81151
Old object number: 161-1910
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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