Hispano-Moresque wall charger, 18th Century CE - 19th Century CE
Earthenware
38.1 x 5.1 cm
15 x 2 in
15 x 2 in
CB.974
A Hispano Moresque wall Charger, featuring a depiction of an eagle with out-stretched wings. The eagle is enclosed by a repeating foliage design, which is reminiscent of traditional Islamic decoration....
A Hispano Moresque wall Charger, featuring a depiction of an eagle with out-stretched wings.
The eagle is enclosed by a repeating foliage design, which is reminiscent of traditional Islamic decoration. The merging of this two stylistic heritages is greatly symbolic of the exchange which occured between the two cultures in the south of Spain.
The eagle is enclosed by a repeating foliage design, which is reminiscent of traditional Islamic decoration. The merging of this two stylistic heritages is greatly symbolic of the exchange which occured between the two cultures in the south of Spain.