Dish

Spanish, Valencia

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 199


Moore clearly appreciated lusterware, with its distinctive shiny metallic surfaces. He owned a number of pieces; this dish and other examples from Spain are among the first works he collected. Braseros typically feature radial designs filled with dense patterns, and often present a heraldic emblem—here, a rising eagle, symbol of power and royalty across the Mediterranean.

Dish, Tin-glazed and luster-painted earthenware, Spanish, Valencia

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