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Tazza

ca. 1600
Not on view
A figure conflated from Fortuna and Astraea surrounded by amors and grotesques.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Tazza
  • Date: ca. 1600
  • Culture: Italian, Rome
  • Medium: Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware)
  • Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 3 1/8 × 9 1/8 in. (7.9 × 23.2 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925
  • Object Number: 25.17.3
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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