Deep Dish, ca. 1430, Made in probably Manises, Valencia, Spain, Spanish, Tin-glazed earthenware, Overall: 2 3/8 x 17 3/4 in. (6

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Deep Dish, ca. 1430, Made in probably Manises, Valencia, Spain, Spanish, Tin-glazed earthenware, Overall: 2 3/8 x 17 3/4 in. (6 x cm), Ceramics, With shimmering copper tones, often combined with cobalt blue, lusterware from Valencia depends both in technique and decoration on Islamic tradition. Here the central motif is a palm tree, surrounded by bands with a repeating al-afiya motif—a stylized shorthand of the Arabic word for “health” and “happiness

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