Panel fragment

Unknown

16th century · Tin-glazed earthenware · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Polychrome tiles had long been made in Spain in the cuerda seca (dry cord) technique, dating to the Muslim Almohad dynasty, in which colors were kept from running together during firing by a line of grease drawn between them. This method was not always successful, however, as the blurred outlines in some of these tiles indicate.

Artist

Unknown

Date

16th century

Medium

Tin-glazed earthenware

Culture

Spanish, Seville

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1894