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Dish with Jupiter and Venus

CultureItalian
OriginUrbino, The Marches, Italy
PeriodItalian Renaissance
Date1532
MediumMaiolica, tin glaze, lead glaze, and thrown.
DimensionsOverall: 8.3 × 45 cm (3 1/4 × 17 11/16 in.)
MarkingsInscribed on front 'S.P.Q.R.' and dated '1532'
DescriptionCastel Durante 'Bianco-Sopra-Bianco' dish, with Jupiter holding a flaming thunderbolt accompanied by a scantily robed goddess. His leg upon the head of an eagle, enclosed by a bianco-sopra-bianco frieze of 'endless knots' and foliate scrollwork. The reverted rim with trophies, instruments and grotesque monsters, and the underside decorated with two flower scroll borders in blue. The deep well decorated in a palette of ochre, blue, yellow and sepia.
Object numberG83.1.326
Classifications
European Ceramics
Sub-classification
Italian Earthenware - Maiolica
Status
On view
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