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Maker:
Unknown; pottery; probably
Collection:
H.S. Reitlinger
Category(s):
tin-glazed earthenware; maiolica
Name:
dish
Other Name:
centre of a bowl
Date:
circa 1350 — 1425
School/Style:
maiolica arcaica
Period(s):
14th Century; 15th century; Medieval
Description(s):
Late Medieval maiolica centre of a bowl, painted in black and green with, in the middle a deer.
Pale red earthenware, tin-glazed pale grey overall. Painted in black and copper-green.
Circular with concave sides, the edge of a narrow flat rim, and narrow base.
In the middle, within part of two black concentric circles, a deer walks towards a plant on the right.
Production
Place:
Italy, Umbria, Orvieto, probably Orvieto
Production
Place (legacy):
Orvieto, pottery, place
Umbria, pottery, region
Italy, pottery, country
Technique(s):
throwing; body
tin-glazing; whole
painting; decoration
Material(s):
earthenware; whole
tin-glaze; whole
high-temperature colours; decoration; black and copper-green
Technique
Description:
pale red earthenware, tin-glazed pale grey overall; painted in black and copper-green.
Dimension(s):
height, whole, 4.4, cm
diameter, base, 7.3, cm
diameter, whole, 16.6, cm
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1950; Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Provenance:
Purportedly excavated at Orvieto. Purchased from Kerin, London, on 9 December 1933 by H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Associated
Person:
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio; previous owner
Acquisition Credit:
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950
Inscription:
label; inscribed in pencil; 371/0; circular with serrated edge
Documentation:
Poole, Julia E.. 1995. Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Pressp. p. 80
Publ. p. 80, no. 138
Spoleto. 1981. Ceramiche medioevali dell'Umbria: Assisi Orvieto Todi.Florence: p. p. 189
Cf. Dish decorated with similar imagery; a stag running to the right, in a private collection in Mantua, p. 189, no. 165.
Accession:
Object Number: C.136-1991
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 48023; input: 2002-05-20; modified: 2012-10-10)
Permanent
Identifier:
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