Dish Fragment
14th century to 15th century (made)
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Buff body. Ivory tin-glaze, decorated in brown lustre and darkish blue. The fragment shows part of a stylized pine-cone in blue enclosed in a border of lustred beads.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration |
| Brief description | Fragment of a dish, made in Málaga, Spain, 14th to 15th century, tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration |
| Physical description | Buff body. Ivory tin-glaze, decorated in brown lustre and darkish blue. The fragment shows part of a stylized pine-cone in blue enclosed in a border of lustred beads. |
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| Gallery label | Fragment, dish
Made in Málaga, Granada, Spain 14th to 15th century
Tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration
C.11:a-1949 Gift of the Arab Museum, Cairo(16/07/2008) |
| Credit line | Given by the Arab Museum, Cairo |
| Object history | The fragment comes from the rim of a dish. The technique of enclosing a motif in what one might term lustred beadwork is typical of the fourteenth century. Ray (2000) |
| Bibliographic reference | Ray, Anthony. Spanish Pottery 1248-1898 : with a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum London, V&A Publications, 2000
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| Other number | 7 - Spanish pottery, Ray (2000) |
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| Accession number | C.11A-1949 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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