Jar with Alla Porcellana Decoration
Artist
Unidentified artist
CultureItalian
Datec. 1480-1500
Mediumtin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions10 7/8 × 11 5/8 in. (27.6 × 29.5 cm)
Classificationsceramics
Credit LineThe Elisabeth Holmes Lee Fund
Object number2020.23.1
DescriptionA large jar of globular shape with a short, flaring neck. The decoration is painted entirely in blue and consists of a large central horizontal band of scrolling vines terminating in large, rhythmically spaced palmette leaves. Above them on the shoulder is a crisscross motif within concentric lines, and below them near the base is an ornamental frieze of leaf and berry decoration between two large circular bands of blue.On View
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