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Acquisitions, Gifts and Loans / 43 Lustreware dish with the arms of Spannocchi Spanish, Valencia region, probably Manises, c.1480–1500. Tin-glazed earthenware, diam. 48.0 cm. Purchased with the aid of the National Art Collections Fund and private donors. The dish, with a central boss to support a ewer, has applied relief ornament of crosses, wings, and radiating panels, and is decorated in brilliant metallic lustre with an interlocking pattern of miniature leaf motifs; on the reverse are fern-scrolls in lustre. The arms on the boss, coloured in imitation of the enamelled box on a precious metal dish, are Piccolomini impaling Spannocchi, as used by the Spannocchi family of Siena after Ambrogio Spannocchi served as Treasurer to Pius II Piccolomini (Pope 1458–1464). Services made for Sienese families are rarer than those made for Florentines; the Spannocchi set, of which three other pieces are known, is the most substantial. The wings and crosses recall the emblems of the Valencian saint, Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419).
Supported by the Arts & Humanities Research Council The AHRC funds postgraduate training and research in the arts and humanities, from archaeology and English literature to design and dance. The quality and range of research supported not only provides social and cultural benefits but also contributes to the economic success of the UK. For further information on the AHRC, please see our website www.ahrc.ac.uk Designated as a museum with an outstanding collection Published by the Ashmolean Museum Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2PH Tel. 01865 278000 Fax. 01865 278018 Website: www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk ISBN 1 85444 217 1
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