Hispano-Moorish (Manises) lustre-glazed earthenware armorial - Lot 1

Hispano-Moorish (Manises) lustre-glazed earthenware armorial dish from the second half of the 15th century Label for VALENCE / C I Blue and copper-glazed decoration in the center of a coat of arms with a lion surrounded by large radiating "atauric" motifs, reverse decorated with a large eagle with outstretched wings, two grip holes, shock, chips and scratches. D. 45 cm. Provenance : Former Henri Blay collection (1861-1920). For another large mid-15th-century dish, decorated in the same spirit in blue and lustre, with the same coat of arms and eagle on the reverse, in the collections of the Musée national de Cluny, see Robert Montagut, El "reflejo" de Manises, Barcelona, 1996, pp.70-71.