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Basin for a Ewercirca 1500

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Ceramic dish seen from above, with a spiraling pinwheel pattern of white teardrop petals outlined in cobalt blue, set against a green and blue glazed ground with gold fan motifs and a small central medallion in orange-red
Overhead view of a domed lid or vessel cover in deep blue with a mottled glaze, scattered with small gold star-shaped inlays, and a dark central rosette with carved scrolling relief, photographed against a white background.
Ceramic dish viewed from above, decorated with a spiraling design of cream-colored teardrop forms radiating from a small red and blue central medallion, set against a deep cobalt blue ground with green and gold accents along the rim.
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Basin for a Ewer
Place Made
Italy, Venice
Date Made
circa 1500
Medium
Enamel, silver gilt, copper, gilding
Dimensions
Height: 1 1/2 in (3.81 cm) Diameter 11 3/8 in. (28.89 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Fred Hathaway Bixby, Jr.
Accession Number
M.54.30
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Barbe, Françoise, Isabelle Biron, Letizia Caselli, and Marie-Elsa Dantan, eds. I rami smaltati detti veneziani del Rinascimento italiano. Cinisello Balsamo, Milano: Silvana editoriale, 2018.