Blue and Purple

SEVILLE: Morisco Wares

BLUE AND PURPLE UK

[ISABELA POLYCHROME] [USA]

AZUL Y MORADA SPANISH

Produced c.1450-1570.

Interior and exterior in white tin glaze, with blue and purple decoration.

Typically this is painted with concentric bands and alternating groups of oblique, undulated or crossed dashes. In the 15th century decoration imitates Valencian ferns and Gothic writing.