Dish with a Lion
Dish with a Lion, Italy, Tuscany, 15th century c. 1430-1450
1966.19
Not on display
This dish is representative of the rustic type of maiolica produced in Italy before 1450. The design is much inspired by contemporary Spanish earthenware. The surface of the dish is painted in a cobalt blue impasto technique known as zaffera a rilevo. Lions frequently appear on wares decorated using this technique and are particularly appropriate as a Florentine motif-they probably refer to that city's lion emblem.
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