Hispano-Moresque Lusterware Charger

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Hispano-Moresque Lusterware Charger

Datec. 1500

MediumEarthenware; luster-painted on opaque white glaze

Dimensions2 1/2 × 18 11/16 in. (6.4 × 47.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Rania and Jamal H. Daniel, the Museum Guild in honor of Susan T. Diehl, the 2019 Art of the Islamic Worlds Gala, Friends of Art of the Islamic Worlds, and Jennifer and Matt G. Esfahani

Object number2019.698

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

113 Islamic Art Gallery

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Department

Art of the Islamic Worlds

Object Type

CERAMICS

DescriptionThis monumental charger is the culmination of 500 years of luster ceramic production in Arab lands. Islamic lusterware techniques and production persisted after the fall of Muslim Spain in 1492, particularly in the region of Valencia. This magnificent piece, decorated with a European coat of arms at its center, is characteristic of the best quality works produced exclusively for a European market where they were in high demand.
ProvenanceAdolph and Sam Lewisohn, New York, until 1939; [Modern and Barbizon Paintings, Tapestries, Works of Art, Furniture, Table Ware, Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, May 16,1939, lot 184]; Ruth Blumka; Private collection (Peter Barnet?), New York, about 1975; [Sam Fogg Ltd., London, until 2019]; purchased by MFAH, 2019.

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