dish; bowl

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Object Type: dish; bowl
Museum number: 1878,1230.404
Description: Dish or bowl on low foot. Earthenware covered entirely with presumed tin glaze. Painted decoration on front with golden and pink lustre, with trees, a hilltop town and river. To the right of the river three men, one gesturing with his arm; left Latona with her two children, Apollo and Diana (with a crescent on her head). Subject from Ovid. On the reverse foliate scrolls in lustre.
Producer name
Production date: 1535-1545 (circa)
Production place: Made in: Urbino (probably)
Materials
Ware
Technique: lustred; tin-glazed
Dimensions: Diameter: 27.80 centimetres; Height: 6.50 centimetres
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Bibliographic references
Location: On display (G1/wp178)
Subjects: myth/legend; classical deity; child
Associated names: Illustration to: Ovid; Named in inscription & portrayed: Leto/Latona; Representation of: Apollo; Representation of: Artemis/Diana
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1878
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1878,1230.404
Conservation

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