Bowl with Bird
In the late 1200s, Italian ceramic artists began experimenting with the tin-glazed technique, in which designs were painted on the opaque white surface of a pot. Such pots famously became known as maiolica. The earliest examples, such as this small pot, display a limited palette of copper green and manganese brown, used to create a simple, almost improvisatory decorative scheme.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bowl with Bird
- Date: ca. 1300
- Geography: Made in Lazio or Umbria, Italy
- Culture: Central Italian
- Medium: Earthenware, tin-glazed
- Dimensions: 1 5/8 × 6 3/16 in. (4.1 × 15.7 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
- Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Marilyn Jenkins-Madina, in loving memory of her husband, Professor Maan Z. Madina, 2018
- Object Number: 2018.913.2
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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ca. 1300
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ca. 1350
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late 1200s–early 1300s
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