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Plate
Italian (Venice or Urbino)
about 1545-60
Object Place: Urbino, Italy
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Diameter = 30.5 cm
Weight = 1.5 lbs
Weight = 1.5 lbs
Credit Line
Bequest of William Homer
Accession Number03.1056
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionPolychrome; rim raised; landscape in center with a monk, a young man, and a child. Inscribed on back: Apollo-Chiron.
Marks
Label on reverse: " W. Homer 10"
Inscriptions"Apollo-Chiron" inscribed on verso
ProvenanceWilliam Homer (b. 1847 - d. by 1903), Boston; 1903, bequest of William Homer to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 26, 1903)