Diomira Bella

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Diomira Bella
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  • Title :     Diomira Bella
  • Artist:     William De Morgan Designer
  • Accession:     XX1990.1357
  • Country:     Italy Florence
  • Date:     1890
  • Dimensions:     Inches 9-1/8 diameter, Centimeters 23.2 diameter
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Decorative Arts and Furniture
  • Subject:     Figurative , Ceramics/Ceramic Design
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     XX1990.1357.JPG
  • Tags:     Decorative Arts and Furniture
Description:
Iridescent polychrome glazed ceramic plate with a profile image of a woman dressed in a traditional Italian folk costume and head cover enclosed by a stylized foliate pattern at outer rim; figure is set against a dark red ground.