Deep Dish, ca. 1430, Made in probably Manises, Valencia, Spain, Spanish, Tin-glazed earthenware, Overall: 2 3/8 x 17 3/4 in. (6 x 45.1 cm), Ceramics, With shimmering copper tones, often combined with cobalt blue, lusterware from Valencia depends both in technique and decoration on Islamic tradition. Here the central motif is a palm tree, surrounded by bands with a repeating al-afiya motif—a stylized shorthand of the Arabic word for “health” and “happiness
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Deep Dish, ca, 1430, Manises, Valencia, Spain, Spanish, Tin-glazed earthenware, Overall, 2 3/8 x 17 3/4, 6 45.1 cm, Ceramics, shimmering, copper, tones, combined, cobalt blue, lusterware, Valencia depends, technique, decoration, Islamic tradition, central motif, palm tree, surrounded, bands, repeating al-afiya, motif—, stylized, shorthand, Arabic word, health, happiness
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