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Tazza with cover

ca. 1550–55, with later restorations
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 544
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

Object Information
  • 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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