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Description: | Artist: Unknown, potter; Date(s): circa 1500 - 1530; Classification(s): tin-glazed earthenware, vase, tin-glazing, Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the exterior; the interior lead-glazed yellowish-brown. Painted in dark blue, green, yellow, and brownish-orange.; Acquisition: bought by Spero, Alfred, 1953, Purchased with the Leverton Harris Fund and the University Purchase Grant. [C.1-1953]
Description: Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the exterior; the interior lead-glazed yellowish-brown. Painted in dark blue, green, yellow, and brownish-orange.
In the shape of a pine-cone, standing on a circular waisted foot. The scales on the sides are interrupted at three points by a woman's head in relief.
The scales are dabbed with green, yellow, and brownish-orange. The heads are outlined in blue and filled in with the other colours. The foot is decorated with stylized daisies alternating with lozenge motifs in dark blue and brownish-orange. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | vase tin-glazed earthenware Unknown | Temporal: | name=early 16th Century; start=1500; end=1530 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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