Lot 226
An Hispano-Moresque lustre pottery Dish probably Manises, Spain, circa 1500-60
10 April 2008, 14:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£4,000 - £6,000
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Find your local specialistAn Hispano-Moresque lustre pottery Dish
probably Manises, Spain, circa 1500-60
probably Manises, Spain, circa 1500-60
with sloping sides, decorated in a golden brownish lustre with a band of alternating palmettes and trefoils amidst scrolling floral motifs, the raised central boss decorated with a shield bearing a lion's head, surrounded by a band of three panels containing trefoils amidst scrollling floral motifs, verso with tightly spaced concentric lines surrounded by a band of stylised leaves and scrolls, with old collection label 'Galleria Simonetti, Roma'
39.4 cm. diam.
39.4 cm. diam.
Footnotes
The decoration on this dish can be compared to ones in the Victoria and Albert Museum, see, Anthony Ray, Spanish Pottery, 1248-1898, London, 2000, nos. 227-231.