bowl

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Object Type: bowl
Museum number: 1855,1201.104
Description: Bowl, earthenware covered front and back with a presumed tin-glaze. Painted on the front a landscape with seated monarch wearing a turban and crown, to the right a man in armour (Mucius Scaevola) holding a sword over a flaming altar. In the centre two shields of arms for Hopfer (dexter) and Ayrer (sinister).
Producer name: Attributed to the Workshop of: Domenego da Venezia
Production date: 1560-1570 (circa)
Production place: Made in: Venice (city)
Materials: earthenware
Ware: Maiolica
Technique: tin-glazed
Dimensions: Diameter: 29.10 centimetres; Height: 4.50 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Thornton & Wilson 2009 / Italian Renaissance Ceramics: a catalogue of the British Museum collection (cat. 61); Wilson 1987 / Ceramic Art of the Italian Renaissance (207); Lessmann 1979 / Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum Braunschweig, Italienische Majolika, Katalog der Sammlung (p438)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 1989 12 Sep-15 Oct, Glasgow, Art Gallery & Museum, Ceramics for the Italian Renaissance 1989 22 Jan-2 Apr, Stoke-on-Trent, City Museum & Art Gallery, Ceramic Art of the Italian Renaissance
Subjects: religious object; warrior; heraldry; arms/armour; landscape
Associated names: Representation of: Mucius Scaevola; Emblem of: Hopfer; Emblem of: Ayrer
Acquisition name: Purchased from: John Webb; Purchased through: Christie's
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Ralph Bernal
Acquisition date: 1855
Acquisition notes: Bernal Sale lot 2054 Christie's 5 - 30 April 1855.
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1855,1201.104
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: BL.2054

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