Lustred and moulded basin for a ewer

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Maker

Probably workshop of
Probably workshop of

1470-1555

Title

Lustred and moulded basin for a ewer

Date of Production

circa 1530

Medium

tin-glazed earthenware

Dimensions

Diameter: 28.2 cm
Depth: 3.8 cm

Object Number

O.1966.GP.86

Mode of Acquisition

Gambier-Parry, bequest, 1966

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

  • Pine cones

Notes

Moulded basins to accompany ewers such as the present example, with alternating golden and red lustre, were made in Gubbio, in the city's most important maiolica workshop, that of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli (circa 1470-1555).

Provenance

Acquired by Thomas Gambier Parry before 1875

Exhibition History

The Gambier-Parry Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1967
Manchester, 1857 (?)

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