"Small Earthenware Dish Or Plate From Manises (spain With Metallic Reflections, 2nd Half Of The 16th Century)."
Small earthenware dish or plate from Manises (Spain) with a metallic sheen, chamois and coppery-brown luster; decorated in the center with scrolling foliage. On the rim, five leaves surrounded by blue and leafy stems. On the reverse, lines and a wide band of stylized licorice leaves.
Second half of the 16th century.
Diameter: 23 cm.
Cf. for comparison, Xavier Dectot, Céramiques hispaniques XIIe-XVIIIe siècle, exhibition catalog Musée National du Moyen Age, Thermes et Hôtel de Cluny, pp. 90-113 for decorations in the same style, Ed. de la RMN, Paris, 2007.