- Museum number
- 1855,1201.76
- Description
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Bowl on high foot, covered entirely with presumed tin glaze and painted decoration including red, with a shield of arms for Pope Leo X supported by six winged putti. On sides, a frieze of grotesques including putti and roundels with devices and mottoes: "SUMUS VIVIMUS", "SVAVE", "PONTETIA DIVINA", "RENOVABITUR", "SENPER", "PONTETIA DIVINA". On outer sides, putti, cornucopias and six shields of arms for Medici, Salviati, Orsini and Strozzi.
- Production date
- 1513-1521 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 36.50 centimetres (rim)
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Height: 20.80 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
- see Art and Love, ex .cat., ed Andrea Bayer, New York 2008, no. 5
- Location
- On display (G46/dc2)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2011 11 Oct-2012 27 Feb, France, Château d’Ecouen, Musée National de la Renaissance, La Faïence des Humanistes, le décor de la majolique italienne entre 1480 et 1530
2009 15 Mar-14 Jun, USA, Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, Art and Love in Renaissance Italy
2008 17 Nov-2009 15 Feb, USA, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art and Love in Renaissance Italy
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
- Acquisition date
- 1855
- Acquisition notes
- Bernal Sale lot 1932 Christie's 5 March - 30 April 1855.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1855,1201.76
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: BL.1932
