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Nun’s bowl
UnknownSecond half 15th century
Museo Nacional de Ceramica y Artes suntuarias Gonzalez Marti de Valencia
Valencia, Spain
Bowl decorated in lustre ware on tin glaze. It shows an angel with open wings figure, locally called a “nun” bowl. The wings and robe are filled with grids. The back is decorated with simplified palms. Manises earthenware. Third quarter of the 15th century.
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- Title: Nun’s bowl
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: Second half 15th century
- Original Tittle: Escudilla de monja
- Object Notes: Escudilla decorada en reflejo dorado sobre loza estannífera. Muestra la figura de un ángel con las alas extendidas, siendo llamadas localmente “escudillas de monja”. Las alas y la ropa se cubre con una retícula. El reverso se decora con palmas simplificadas. Loza de Manises. Tercer cuarto del siglo XV.
- Type: Ceramics
- External Link: CERES
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