bowl

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Object Type: bowl
Museum number: 1855,1201.111
Description: Bowl, earthenware covered front and back with a presumed tin-glaze. The front is painted with Christ standing in the tomb, a shaft of the cross behind his head. On the sides grotesques incorporating winged monsters, children's heads and scrolling tablets. On the reverse painted decoration of circles and hatching and the mark consisting of three concentric circles and four tangent loops.
Production date: 1510-1520 (circa)
Production place: Made in: Faenza
Materials: earthenware
Ware: Maiolica
Technique: tin-glazed
Dimensions: Diameter: 19.40 centimetres; Height: 4.30 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Thornton & Wilson 2009 / Italian Renaissance Ceramics: a catalogue of the British Museum collection (cat. 70); Wilson 1987 / Ceramic Art of the Italian Renaissance (42); Solon 1907 / A History and Description of Italian Majolica (fig13); Rackham 1940 / Catalogue of Italian Maiolica (p81)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: new testament; grotesque; monster
Associated names: Representation of: Jesus Christ
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 2048 Christie's 5 - 30 April 1855.
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1855,1201.111
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: BL.2086

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