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PAIR
OF BOWLS: THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS SPHERICAL; THE ONE ON THE RIGHT
HAS ITS MOUTH SLIGHTLY FLATTENED OUTWARDS

Diameter, 14
cm. and height, 5,3 cm. (left-hand bowl); Diameter, 15 cm. and height,
6,8 cm. (right-hand bowl).
Majolica
Faenza, end of the XVth century.
Found in: Faenza, excavation (1957).
Condition: fragmentary.
Inv. nos. 7949, 7850.
The left-hand
bowl has a sprig of chrysanthemum flowers at the center, and flowering
vine-shoots around it, while the right-hand bowl has its center
a plantshoot motif - the ancient «arabesque» motif - and a garland
of leaves near the rim.
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