Jug
Unknown
15th century · Tin-glazed earthenware · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
The heavy, simplified form and bold ornament of this jug are typical of the pottery of Teruel, one the earliest centers of Islamic ceramic production in Aragon and one that continued to flourish after the Reconquest. Its traditional bicolor scheme of dark green (from copper oxide) and purplish black (from the oxide of manganese), used for tablewares in al-Andalus from the tenth century, was maintained by potters in Aragon, Valenica, and Paterna for centuries after.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 15th century
- Medium
- Tin-glazed earthenware
- Culture
- Spanish, Teruel
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Bequest of George Blumenthal, 1941
