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Dish

ca. 1500–1520
Not on view
The raised decoration depicts wild folk, humans, and animals engaged in frenzied activities around a centarlized crowned king, probably Manuel I of Portugal (r. 1495–1521). The agents of Portugal's rapid overseas expansion brought back reports of monstrous and exotic races, possibly reflected in the imagery seen here.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Dish
  • Date: ca. 1500–1520
  • Culture: Portuguese
  • Medium: Gilded silver
  • Dimensions: 10 1/4 × 1 3/16 in. (26 × 3 cm)
  • Classification: Metalwork-Silver
  • Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.190.837
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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