Dish
Unknown Artist
1470–1490
Medium
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm)
Classification
Ceramics
Culture
Spanish
Department
The Cloisters
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Cloisters Collection, 1956
Accession Number
56.171.116
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About this artwork
This tin-glazed earthenware dish, created by an unknown Spanish artist between 1470 and 1490, exemplifies the vibrant ceramic tradition of late medieval Spain. Measuring 14⅜ inches in diameter, the dish demonstrates the sophisticated glazing techniques and decorative programs that made Spanish pottery prized throughout Europe. Tin-glazed earthenware, known as majolica in Italy and Hispano-Moresque ware in Spain, involved coating fired clay with white tin oxide glaze, creating a brilliant surface...