Mudéjar Ceramics
With the decline of the Manises kilns, the pigments went from a pale-gold to a coppery tone.'
The apogee of gilded ceramic from Manises coincides with the predominance of zoomorphic themes: deer, waders, bulls and small birds were placed at the centre of the composition, a decorative innovation that broke from the Hispano-Muslim tradition. With the decline of the Manises kilns, the pigments went from a pale-gold to a coppery or chocolaty tone, and the variety in decoration became more limited. The imaginary 'pardalot' bird, with its body scored with lines to imitate plumage, became the most popular theme.

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First half of the 15th century
Mudéjar
National Archaeological Museum
Madrid, Spain
With the expulsion of the Mudéjars in 1017 / 1609, the rich repertoire of animals, most notably the elegant wading birds, became limited to imaginary birds set amongst lines of intensely copper-coloured repeated forms, notably kidney shapes and Sweet William flower forms.