Dish with a portrait of a woman
CultureItalian
OriginViterbo, Umbria, Italy
PeriodItalian Renaissance
Datec.1400-1450
MediumMaiolica, tin glaze, lead glaze, press moulded, and thrown.
DimensionsOverall: 7.3 x 35 cm (2 7/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionA Viterbo dish, with a profile bust of a woman within an entwined ribbon border, and the rim decorated with conjoined semi-circles. It is painted on the interior in copper-green and manganese.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.407
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
Italian Earthenware - MaiolicaCollections
Status
Not on view
