Plate with a Castle

ca. 1450-1465 (late Medieval)

42.7 cm 5.6 cm

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This plate probably served more a decorative than a practical function. The art of creating earthenware with a metallic sheen was developed by Islamic craftsmen in the 9th century. It was introduced into Spain with the Islamic conquest, one important center of production being...

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Dikran Kelekian, Constantinople, New York, and Paris, [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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