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Dish (© Fitzwilliam Museum)
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© Fitzwilliam Museum

Dish

Artist: Spanish

Location: Fitzwilliam Museum

Date: 1450 - 1500

Materials: pottery & lustre

Dimensions: 43 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £1,484 (Total: £3,300)

Vendor: Sotheby's

Review number: 2097 (1962)

Provenance:
Sir Otto Beit; Lady Munro (daughter).

Description:
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.

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