Ref: U958
Archive item - not for sale
Spanish Hispano Moresque lustre pottery charger, Valencia (probably Manises), early 16th century, the central boss containing a dragon enclosed by panels of fruiting branches and wheat-ears enclosed by an inscription, the alternate dividing lines painted in blue, the moulded and gadrooned cavetto with alternating grounds of network, solid and scrolling wheat-ear decoration, the reverse with enclosing concentric circles to the base within a wide border pattern of scrolling fern leaves, the rim pierced for hanging; diameter: 15 5/8 in. (39.8 cm.) For a similarly decorated example see Ray, Anthony, ‘Spanish Pottery: 1248-1898’, p.97, No. 210. SOLD
