Dish with Sphinx supporting an armorial shield
CultureItalian
OriginDeruta, Umbria, Italy
PeriodItalian Renaissance
Datec.1500-1530
MediumMaiolica, tin glaze, lead glaze, lustre, press moulded, and thrown.
DimensionsOverall: 8.8 x 43 cm (3 7/16 x 16 15/16 in.)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionDeruta dish, the centre painted with a winged female sphinx with bared breasts supporting a quartered coat-of-arms of Medici. Another, perhaps del Bene of Verona, among primulas within a robbiana and with scale-pattern border. Painted with blue and gold lustre.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.341
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
Italian Earthenware - MaiolicaStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Giacomo Mancini
c.1530-1560 or later
Object number: G83.1.339
Artist / Maker: Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
c.1757-1760
Object number: G99.2.11
Artist / Maker: Royal Porcelain Manufactory
c.1775
Object number: G83.1.688
