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the perfect 800th birthday gift Red is Beautiful
[Maddalena Delli]
What would you buy yourself as a presenton your eight-hundredth birthday? The town of Montelupo Fiorentino, which celebrated the 8th centenary ofits foundation in 2003, thought a while about it and then decided that a bowl was what it really wanted to have. Well, not just any one bowl: a unique bowl, a true masterpiece made in 1509 by one of Montelupo's own leading maiolica workshops. Known as Rosso di Montelupo, this water basin derives its name from the mysterious red pigment employed in its decoration. Formerly inthe famous collection of Gustave deRothschild in Paris, it then passed intothe hands of the French antiquarian Alain Moatti, from whom a pool of benefactors- including the municipality ofMontelupo and some private and corporatesponsors - has recently acquiredit for the Museo Archeologico edella Ceramica di Montelupo.
This unique, perfectly preserved, profusely decorated specimen of Montelupo ceramic is on temporary display at Palazzo Medici Riccardiin Florence until 21st March; it will then be on permanent display in the Montelupo museum from 9th April.
Info 0571.51352 or www.museomontelupo.it
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