Bowl with Bird

Unknown

ca. 1300 · Earthenware, tin-glazed · Medieval Art

In the late 1200s, Italian ceramic artists began experimenting with the tin-glazed technique, in which designs were painted on the opaque white surface of a pot. Such pots famously became known as maiolica. The earliest examples, such as this small pot, display a limited palette of copper green and manganese brown, used to create a simple, almost improvisatory decorative scheme.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1300

Medium

Earthenware, tin-glazed

Culture

Central Italian

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Gift of Dr. Marilyn Jenkins-Madina, in loving memory of her husband, Professor Maan Z. Madina, 2018