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Source Description
The composition, with a stylized profile of a beautiful woman (Bella Donna) on the central boss and a six-part band of vegetal and geometric ornamentation, is typical of earthenware produced in the maiolica (earthenware with a tin glaze) workshops of Deruta during the early 16th century. There are records of basins, together with their ewers (vase-shaped pitchers), given as special toiletry items to young women. This vessel with an idealized female portrait admiring a plant with flowers at center may have served as such a piece. For additional images of beautiful women on maiolica ware, see: 48.1351; 48.1358; 48.1510; 48.1741.For more on earthenware and maiolica see: 48.1320; 48.1336.
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Document identity
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5576
label
Ewer Basin with Female Bust
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Source metadata
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title
Ewer Basin with Female Bust
description
The composition, with a stylized profile of a beautiful woman (Bella Donna) on the central boss and a six-part band of vegetal and geometric ornamentation, is typical of earthenware produced in the maiolica (earthenware with a tin glaze) workshops of Deruta during the early 16th century. There are records of basins, together with their ewers (vase-shaped pitchers), given as special toiletry items to young women. This vessel with an idealized female portrait admiring a plant with flowers at center may have served as such a piece. For additional images of beautiful women on maiolica ware, see: 48.1351; 48.1358; 48.1510; 48.1741.For more on earthenware and maiolica see: 48.1320; 48.1336.
provenance
Charles Mannheim Collection (?); Seligmann, NY (?); Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1905, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1510-1530 (Renaissance)
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CC0
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en
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Ceramics
basins (vessels)
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4
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4
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import
dimensions
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cm
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3.6
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31.3
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H: 1 7/16 x Diam: 12 5/16 in. (3.6 x 31.3 cm)
Source extras
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Italian Renaissance
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earthenware with tin glaze (maiolica) and luster decoration
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33562
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