The Nativity
Object type: Tazza
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: Italian, Urbino with Gubbio luster
Artist: Fra Xanto Avelli da Rovigo
Artist bio: ca. 1486–1582
Artist role: Artist
Date: 1538
Medium: Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), lustered
Dimensions: Overall: 2 × 10 1/2 in. (5.1 × 26.7 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit line: Gift of V. Everit Macy, in memory of his wife, Edith Carpenter Macy, 1927
Accession year: 1927
Tags: Madonna and Child|Nativity|Angels