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Dish
(1520-1530)
Medium
earthenware (maiolica)
Measurements
9.2 × 41.6 cm diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1970
Gallery location
16th & 17th Century Gallery - Painting and Sculpture
Mezzanine linked to Level 1, NGV International
About this work
This large dish is decorated with lustre glazes, a technique of incorporating metals into the glaze to create a reflective surface, which was probably learned from Islamic potters in Spain. Deruta was likely the first town in Italy to produce lustre-glazed wares in quantity and remained one of only two towns that continued to produce it on a large scale over a long period of time. This dish belongs to a particular category that was a specialty of Deruta and was most likely intended for display. Many dishes of this type are decorated with profiles of women and have inscriptions that include moralising sayings or the word bella (beautiful).
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Deruta, Italy
Accession Number
D63-1970
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Physical description
Tin-glazed, middle painted in blue and lustre with bust of young woman in profile, false gadroons.