Tile, second half 15th century, Country of Origin Spain, Earthenware; molded, cobalt-painted on an opaque white glaze powdered with gold under a transparent glaze, H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm), Ceramics-Tiles, So extravagant was the Alhambra palace that even some floors bore expensive ceramic tile. This tile probably comes from the Alhambra’s Comares hall where fourteenth-century tiles were replaced in the late fifteenth century by new ones like this example, bearing similar designs but executed in cuerda seca
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Tile, second half 15th century, Country, Origin Spain, Earthenware, molded, cobalt-painted, opaque white glaze powdered, gold under, transparent glaze, H, 6 1/2, 16.5 cm, Ceramics-Tiles, extravagant, Alhambra palace, even, floors bore, expensive, ceramic, tile, comes, Alhambra, Comares, hall, fourteenth-century tiles, replaced, late fifteenth, century, new ones, example, bearing, designs, executed, cuerda seca
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