Bowl with the story of Ceyx and Alcyone
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Details
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Title
Bowl with the story of Ceyx and Alcyone
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Associated place
Pesaro (place of creation) -
Date
c. 1498 - 1500 -
Material and technique
earthenware, tin-glazed (maiolica), ainted in blue, purple, orange, pale green, yellow and black
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Object type
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Dimensions
29.4 cm (diameter) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Friends of the Ashmolean, the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, the Art Fund, and private donations, 2006.
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Museum location
Second floor | Gallery 56 | Arts of the Renaissance -
Museum department
Western Art
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Accession no.
WA2006.3
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Glossary of terms
earthenware
Further reading
Wilson, Timothy, Italian Maiolica and Europe: Medieval and Later Italian Pottery in the Ashmolean Museum, 1 (Oxford/Ashmolean Museum, 2017), pp.126-129 no. 53
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