AN HISPANO-MORESQUE COPPER LUSTRE-PAINTED POTTERY CHARGER
Post-Nasrid Spain, 19th century

Of shallow circular shape, resting on a concave circular base, rising to an everted flattened rim, with a central hemispherical boss decorated with pseudo-calligraphy, the cavetto with concentric copper lustre circles and the rim with oval cartouches outlined in cobalt blue and filled with cross-hatched grids alternating stylised tufts of green grass and flowers, the back with concentric circles, drilled on the rim, 32.8cm diam.