Tazza with cover
As their different color schemes suggest, the cup and cover did not originally form a set. The foot and the stem’s lower section, beneath the ring of white zigzags in relief, are modern replacements. Near the lip of the cup is a band with a flowering vase-and-bird motif. The shield of the powerful Montmorency-Laval family appears on the interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Tazza with cover
- Date: ca. 1550–55, with later restorations
- Culture: French, Saint-Porchaire or Paris
- Medium: Lead-glazed earthenware inlaid with slip, with molded ornament, with 20th century unpainted foot
- Dimensions: 6 3/8 × 5 in. (16.2 × 12.7 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.190.1745a, b
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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