Dish with embracing Lovers

Manufacturer Castel Durante

CultureItalian

OriginUrbino, The Marches, Italy

PeriodItalian Renaissance

Datec.1540

MediumMaiolica, tin glaze, lead glaze, press moulded, and thrown.

DimensionsOverall: 5.8 x 25.5 cm (2 5/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

MarkingsNone

DescriptionA Castel Durante dish on a low foot, decorated with a portrait of a man and a woman embracing. It is painted in green, grey ochre and white on a dark blue ground.

Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner

Object numberG83.1.411

Classifications

European Ceramics

Sub-classification

Italian Earthenware - Maiolica

Collections

Status

On view

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