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Plate
Made by: Savona factory
Italian (Savona)
mid-18th century
Object Place: Europe, Italy
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware
Credit Line
Gift of Dudley Leavitt Pickman
Accession Number34.1358
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionTwelve-sided display plate, decorated in blue with Roman emperor receiving a woman kneeling and presented by a man (Alexander receving family of Darius?)
Marks
Marked with underglaze blue lighthouse on bottom.
ProvenanceBy 1927, Dudley Leavitt Pickman (b. 1850 - d. 1938), Boston [see note]; 1934, gift of Dudley Leavitt Pickman to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 6, 1934)
NOTE: First lent to the MFA on September 7, 1927.
NOTE: First lent to the MFA on September 7, 1927.