Ceiling Tile with Fish
It was fashionable in Valencia to lay large tiles with bold designs across the rafters. The tiles were shaped in molds, covered with white slip, and then painted with manganese and iron oxides, yielding a black and a red color. The tiles were fired only once, hence their name socarrats, meaning scorched.
Artwork Details
- Title: Ceiling Tile with Fish
- Date: late 1400s to mid-1500s
- Geography: Made in Benaguacil, Valencia, Spain
- Culture: Spanish
- Medium: Earthenware with slip decoration and paint
- Dimensions: Overall: 12 3/16 x 5 13/16 x 1 5/16 in. (31 x 14.8 x 3.4 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Tiles
- Credit Line: Gift of W. L. Hildburgh, 1951
- Object Number: 51.46
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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1427–38
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1425–50
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second half 15th century
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1470–1500
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1400–1450
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