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BASIN
WITH WIDE CAVETTO AND NARROW RIM, AND BOTTLE WITH CYLINDRICAL BELLY
AND A LONG NECK WITH MOUTH WIDENING LIKE A FUNNEL

Diameter, 26
cm. (basin); height, 27 cm. (bottle).
Engobe or slipware ceramics with sgraffiato decoration.
Faenza, 15th century (basin); 16th century (bottle)
Found in: Faenza, excavation (1928)
Condition: fragmentary, and with extensive repairs.
Inv. nos. 4149, 4174
At the center
of the basin is a four-lobed rosette and around it a partitioned
band with trefoils. On the belly of the bottle is a wide band decorated
with leaves arranged in groups of three, a design repeated on the
shoulder, while the neck is ornamented with lines of alternating
colors.
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