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Source Description
This plate with an overhanging edge is painted in blue, pale copper-green, yellow, ochre, manganese, grey, brown, blue-black and opaque white, and in gold and ruby lustre. At the left, a group of buildings is in flames. At the right, with one arm extended toward the fire is a seated warrior, crowned, and four companions. The man at the left wears a turban and holds a long battle axe. In the background are a town and water. The back is bluish-buff and is decorated on the marli with four spirals in ruby lustre converted into leaf scrolls by gold lustre additions. In the center is "1534" in pale ruby lustre.The scene perhaps depicts the burning of Rome in the presence of Nero, or Alexander ordering the destruction of the Palace of Persepolis.
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Document identity
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20222
label
Plate with Overhanging Edge
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object
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Source metadata
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20222
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object
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normalized
title
Plate with Overhanging Edge
description
This plate with an overhanging edge is painted in blue, pale copper-green, yellow, ochre, manganese, grey, brown, blue-black and opaque white, and in gold and ruby lustre. At the left, a group of buildings is in flames. At the right, with one arm extended toward the fire is a seated warrior, crowned, and four companions. The man at the left wears a turban and holds a long battle axe. In the background are a town and water. The back is bluish-buff and is decorated on the marli with four spirals in ruby lustre converted into leaf scrolls by gold lustre additions. In the center is "1534" in pale ruby lustre.The scene perhaps depicts the burning of Rome in the presence of Nero, or Alexander ordering the destruction of the Palace of Persepolis.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1534 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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Ceramics
plates (dishes)
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2
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2
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
3
height
24.9
dimensionsRaw
1 3/16 x 9 13/16 in. (3 x 24.9 cm)
Source extras
style
Istoriato
inscriptions
[Date] On the back in pale ruby lustre: 1534
med
earthenware with tin glaze (maiolica)
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33562
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REN
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none
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1
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photo
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2
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photo
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