A Granada, Also Called, Fajalauza Ceramic Plate, 1920'-30's

Ceramic glazed plate decorated with cobalt oxide blue, copper green and manganese brown

Although of Arab origin, the ceramics of Granada did not present decorations of this style after the 15th century.

It was not until the 19th century, with the influence of neo-Arabism or what could be its Grenadine variant, neo-alhambrismo, that this style appeared in its decorations. Furthermore, in the 1920s, the existence of the Spanish protectorate in Morocco led to the creation of a School of Arts and Crafts in Tetouan, directed by the painter Mariano Bertuchi. Craftsmen from both countries had contact through schools like this, and pieces made in Moroccan workshops could be seen alongside those of Spanish artisans in various exhibitions in the early decades of the 20th century. Among them, the Ibero-American in Seville in 1929 or the Hispanic-Moroccan in Madrid in 1932, as well as others held during this decade at the Corral del Carbón in Granada, where a plate like this or similar pieces could have been exposed.