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Wide-rimmed bowl with Vulcan Forging Arms with Venus and Cupid

ca. 1528–30
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Wide-rimmed bowl with Vulcan Forging Arms with Venus and Cupid
  • Artist: Fra Xanto Avelli da Rovigo (ca. 1486–1582)
  • Date: ca. 1528–30
  • Culture: Italian, probably Urbino
  • Medium: Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware)
  • Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 1 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (3.8 × 26.7 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1904
  • Object Number: 04.9.19
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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