Lot Essay
See illustration p. 27
LATE 15TH OR EARLY 16TH CENTURY
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A Valencia Manises hispano moresque lustre charger
Late 15th or early 16th Century
With red lustre body, the central domed boss decorated with a shield enclosing a rooster (con un gallo) surrounded by a band of dots enclosing stars, further with a band of elongated forks and with a running band of dotted flowerheads and bands en suite, the border with a scale-patterned band with oblique incisions in slight relief, the reverse with kick-in base decorated with zigzag motifs and with trailing foliage (pierced with two holes for hanging, some chips)
38.5cm. diam.
Late 15th or early 16th Century
With red lustre body, the central domed boss decorated with a shield enclosing a rooster (con un gallo) surrounded by a band of dots enclosing stars, further with a band of elongated forks and with a running band of dotted flowerheads and bands en suite, the border with a scale-patterned band with oblique incisions in slight relief, the reverse with kick-in base decorated with zigzag motifs and with trailing foliage (pierced with two holes for hanging, some chips)
38.5cm. diam.