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Dish for ewer with bird and Aragon shields

Maker

Probably
(ceramicist)

Title

Dish for ewer with bird and Aragon shields

Date of Production

circa 1550-1600

Medium

tin-glazed lustred ceramic

Dimensions

Diameter: 39.8 cm
Height: 7.8 cm

Accession Number

O.1966.GP.117

Mode of Acquisition

Gambier-Parry, bequest, 1966

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Notes

The potteries of Manises, the most prolific centre for lustreware in the district of Valencia, remained important throughout the sixteenth century and beyond, although the quality was in obvious decline from the seventeenth century. Similar decorative motifs have been found on fragments of wares made in Muel (Zaragoza) and Reus (Tarragona), both of which had strong links with Valencian lustreware potteries. The presence of the Aragon arms on this dish places it comfortably within the kingdom of Aragon, at any of these three centres.

Provenance

Acquired by Thomas Gambier Parry between 1863 and 1875

Exhibition History

The Gambier-Parry Collection, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London

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