Italian Renaissance Vase in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2011

Vase (vaso)

Date: ca. 1530–40

Culture: Italian, Deruta

Medium: Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware)

Dimensions: Height: 9 13/16 in. (24.9 cm)

Classification: Ceramics

Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Accession Number: 1975.1.1030

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/1500...

This type of vase was prized for its lustrous surface, which at a distance appears to be gold and is similar to the vases framing the text block that introduces the hymn "Dayenu" ("It would have been enough").

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.