Bowl, 11th century with painted decoration of a deer, in Madinat al Zahra style, in the Museo Nacional de Ceramica y Artes Suntuarias Gonzalez Marti, or National Museum of Ceramics and Decorative Arts, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. Majolica is a tin-glazed earthen ware produced from the 15th century onwards. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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