Dish

Description

Oval lead-glazed earthenware dish with coloured glazes and moulded decoration in the centre depicting ‘The Battle of the Centaurs and Lapiths’ surrounded by a mottled border: French, late 16th or 17th century

Museum reference

A.1885.31

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Dish

Production information

France, Western Europe

Date

Late 16th - early 17th century

Materials

Earthenware

Physical description

Oval lead-glazed earthenware dish with central moulded decoration depicting ‘The Battle of the Centaurs and Lapiths’, with details in green, yellow, blue and black glazes, and outlined in green with a narrow border of mottled blue and black glazes. Surrounded by a border on the rim with mottled blue and black glazes and with four elongated oval cartouches with green borders. The reverse with mottled blue and black glazes.

Associations

Previous owner: Fountaine Collection

Exhibitions

• European Styles (29 Jul 2011 - 03 Aug 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland