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This dish is representative of the rustic type of maiolica produced in Italy before 1450. The design is much inspired by contemporary Spanish earthenware. The surface of the dish is painted in a cobalt blue impasto technique known as zaffera a rilevo. Lions frequently adorn wares decorated in this technique and are particularly appropriate as a Florentine motif-they probably refer to that city's lion emblem.
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142372
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Dish with a Lion
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142372
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object
title
Dish with a Lion
description
This dish is representative of the rustic type of maiolica produced in Italy before 1450. The design is much inspired by contemporary Spanish earthenware. The surface of the dish is painted in a cobalt blue impasto technique known as zaffera a rilevo. Lions frequently adorn wares decorated in this technique and are particularly appropriate as a Florentine motif-they probably refer to that city's lion emblem.
date
c. 1430–50
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q60759204
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Ceramic
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Diameter: 28.6 cm (11 1/4 in.)
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Italy, Florence, 15th century
accession
1966.19
Source extras
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tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
tombstone
Dish with a Lion, c. 1430–50. Italy, Florence, 15th century. Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica); diameter: 28.6 cm (11 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 1966.19
collection
MED - Renaissance
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Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
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2026-05-29 07:18:09.181000
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142372
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Medieval Art
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MED - Renaissance
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tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
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