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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Andalusia (made)

Part of middle of a dish, earthenware with incised decoration outlined in manganese on the biscuit and filled in with coloured enamels (cuerda seca technique). Decorated with a hare in turquoise-blue, brown , manganese and white. Reverse: yellow glaze.

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Category	Ceramics
Object type	Fragment
Materials and techniques	Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description	C
Physical description	Part of middle of a dish, earthenware with incised decoration outlined in manganese on the biscuit and filled in with coloured enamels (cuerda seca technique). Decorated with a hare in turquoise-blue, brown , manganese and white. Reverse: yellow glaze.
Dimensions	Width: 7.75in
Styles	Moorish Almohad
Credit line	Given by Prof. P. E. Newberry
Production	Claire Delery suggests that it is a cuerda seca of the 12th century from Andalusia, possibly of the second half of the 12th century or early 13th. There are parallels in the Alcazaba de Malaga for the 'coloured waves', and similar parallels of the animal. 13.02.08. Originally catalogued in the museum registers as Spanish, 15th century.
Bibliographic reference	Puertas Tricas (R), 'La cerámica islámica de cuerda seca en la Alcazaba de Málaga', Ayntamiento de Málaga, 1989, n. B-44, B-17, B-9 B-2, B-5 and B-18.
Collection	Middle East Section
Accession number	C.775-1923

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O339398/fragment-unknown/

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