Artist: Avelli, Francesco Xanto, painter - Italian pottery painter, act.1530-1542; Date(s): circa 1528 - 1531; Classification(s): tin-glazed earthenware, bowl, moulding, Buff earthenware, tin-glazed overall; the reverse pale beige. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, beige, brown, manganese-purple, black, and white.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Horn, Marmaduke Langdale, 1953, M.L. Horn Bequest [C.15-1953]
Description: Maiolica broad-rimmed bowl, painted in polychrome with The Deaths of Pyramus and Thisbe.