Dish

Spanish

Fitzwilliam Museum

1450 - 1500

Hispano-Moresque armorial dish decorated in blue and gold lustre with bryony flowers and leaves, with a shield in the centre containing the arms of the Gentili family of Florence. Reverse is decorated with a central rosette surounded by two circles of flowers and leaves in gold lustre.

• Medium: pottery & lustre
• Dimensions: 43 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £1484 ( Total: £3,300)
• ArtFunded in: 1962
• Vendor: Sotheby's

Provenance

Sir Otto Beit; Lady Munro (daughter).

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