Hispano-Moresque, 15th-century large earthenware open vase. It is shaped like an urn - wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. It is decorated from the shoulder to the base with grooved, vertical lines in relief.
Spanish, Seville
Hispano-Moresque Jar,
15th century
Earthenware
,
86.4 x 81.9 cm (34 x 32 1/4 in.)
Object details
Accession number
C7w5
Primary Creator
Spanish, Seville
Full title
Hispano-Moresque Jar
Creation Date
15th century
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1915.
Dimensions
86.4 x 81.9 cm (34 x 32 1/4 in.)
Display Media
Earthenware
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Spanish Cloister
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 52. (as probably Hispano-Moresque, 14th-15th century)
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), p. 136. (as Islamic or Islamic-related, perhaps Seville, 15th century)
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Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
