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Basin for holding a ewer
(c. 1520-1550)
- Medium
- earthenware (maiolica)
- Measurements
- 3.7 × 31.9 cm diameter
- Place/s of Execution
- Deruta, Italy
- Accession Number
- 4554-D3
- Department
- International Decorative Arts
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1939
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 - Gallery location
- 14th - 16th Century Gallery - Painting & Decorative Arts
Level 1, NGV International - About this work
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This basin has a central retaining ring which would have held an accompanying ewer for water; the two pieces being used for washing hands. The decoration, like that of the nearby Spanish lusterware dish, includes the sacred trigram, the first three letters of Jesus’s name in Greek, here in Gothic characters: YHS. The decoration of the rim with a band of stylised flowers and tulips evidences the influence of imported Turkish ceramics popular among Italian collectors during this period.