Name | Dynasty | Details | Justification |
Bowl | Second quarter of the hegira 9th / AD 15th centuryNasrid | Victoria and Albert Museum London, England, United Kingdom | The Nasrid and Mudéjar bowls are both good examples of such imitation. In both pieces, the main motif is a ship and the technique used is lustre, although cobalt blue also appears inside the bowl. The Mudéjar jar clumsily copies the shape of the Nasrid piece, and while this latter is decorated with the tree of life, the Mudéjar piece bears very simple geometric decoration. |
Moorish bowl | Hegira late 8th century–834 / AD late 14th century–1430Nasrid | Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum Berlin, Germany | The Nasrid and Mudéjar bowls are both good examples of such imitation. In both pieces, the main motif is a ship and the technique used is lustre, although cobalt blue also appears inside the bowl. The Mudéjar jar clumsily copies the shape of the Nasrid piece, and while this latter is decorated with the tree of life, the Mudéjar piece bears very simple geometric decoration. |
Albarello-shaped tarro (jar) | Hegira 8th / AD 14th centuryNasrid | The British Museum London, England, United Kingdom | The Nasrid and Mudéjar bowls are both good examples of such imitation. In both pieces, the main motif is a ship and the technique used is lustre, although cobalt blue also appears inside the bowl. The Mudéjar jar clumsily copies the shape of the Nasrid piece, and while this latter is decorated with the tree of life, the Mudéjar piece bears very simple geometric decoration. |
Albarello (pharmaceutical jar) | 15th centuryMudéjar | National Archaeological Museum Madrid, Spain | The Nasrid and Mudéjar bowls are both good examples of such imitation. In both pieces, the main motif is a ship and the technique used is lustre, although cobalt blue also appears inside the bowl. The Mudéjar jar clumsily copies the shape of the Nasrid piece, and while this latter is decorated with the tree of life, the Mudéjar piece bears very simple geometric decoration. |