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
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...