Basin with classicizing head Italian, Montelupo ca. 1500–1510 As diners ate mainly with their hands during the Renaissance, a ewer and basin were often kept on the sideboard for washing. The companion to this basin has been lost. In its center is a roundel with a raised rim, which would have secured the ewer’s hollow foot. The portrait profile modeled after ancient Roman coins becomes visible when the ewer is removed.

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