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This dish features a three part structural division; the boss is almost flat. Around the depressed area is a band of degenerate Gothic [or pseudo-Arabic] script. On the brim are solid lustre painted zig-zags, possibly a late version of gadroons. The empty areas of this pattern are filled with dots and floral motifs. The reverse has repeated circles only.
Moorish (Moorish)
Shallow Dish
16th century
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1972/2.119
The profile bust of a young woman is depicted in the well of this dish. The rim features a variety of grotesque ornament, including two winged, serpent-like creatures with human heads, whose tails interlace at the top of the plate. Cornucopias full of fruit appear beneath these creatures, followed by weapons and shields, one of which bears the date 1526. At the bottom appears the head of a cherub supporting a vase of fruit.
Nicola da Urbino
Dish (Tondino) with portrait of a young woman and grotesque decoration
1526
Museum Purchase
1965/2.79

Tile
Transfer from the School of Art and the College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
1997/1.263A&B

Iranian (Iranian)
Tile
20th century
Transfer from the School of Art and the College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
1997/1.257

Tile
17th century
Transfer from the School of Art and the College of Architecture and Urban Planning
1997/1.254
This dish features a recessed center with a central boss decorated with a rosette design. The recessed area and rim are painted with floral motifs and leaf designs arranged in concentric rings.
Moorish (Moorish)
Dish with Floral Motifs
17th century
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1972/2.120
A white earthenware box where the cover and the body are almost identical in form, the entire vessel of a short cylindrical from with flat top, with subtle articulation at the shoulder, on a shallow footring.  It is covered in blue, amber, and green glazes applied in a splotchy manner. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Box
936 – 1125
Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing
2006/2.50A&B
This ovoid tureen stands on four curved, leaf-like feet that sprout upward and join together to form a pair of handles at either end of the vessel. The body of the tureen, composed of gentle undulating curves, is decorated with bright red and yellow flowers and leaves painted with overglaze enamel. A scallion, modeled in relief, rests bundled together with sprigs of parsley on top of the lid, introducing a playful trompe-l'oeil element. An onion forms the knob on the top of the lid.
French (French (culture or style))
Tureen with floral patterns and glass knob
1745 – 1755
The Paul Leroy Grigaut Memorial Collection
1969/2.41
A group of armed men struggles in a landscape while a helmeted female figure hovers on a cloud above them and points to a distant city that lies across an expanse of water. A man at the left with a green cuirass and cloth knotted about his waist and neck stands apart from the combatants and looks up toward the gesturing woman. Behind him appears a row of sword-wielding men locked in combat, with several casualties lying at their feet. On a hillock in the background a pair of oxen, an orange-gold colored sheep, and a winged dragon may be discerned.
Jason Sowing the Dragon's Teeth
1557 – 1600
Gift of Dr. Cecile L. Fusfeld
1978/2.38
A red earthenware, tall jar with a globular body, a curved trumpet flaring neck, an everted rim with articulation, and a tall flared foot ring. There are appliqué bands around the body, a dome cap lid with a flared articulated rim, band detailing, and a loop central finial. It is covered in a dark olive green lead glaze.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Covered Jar
206 BCE – 220 CE
Gift of Mrs. Henry Jewett Greene for The Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jewett Greene Memorial Collection
1971/2.69
A red earthenware, tall jar with a bulbous body, straight flaring neck with direct rim, and tall, slightly flared foot ring, with appliqué bands around the body and rim, and two animal mask decorations holding rings on opposing sides of the belly. It is covered in a green lead glaze with iridescence and calcification.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Jar
206 BCE – 220 CE
Museum purchase for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1964/2.67
This maiolica dish is covered by a radial pattern consisting of abstract leaves and curling tendrils punctuated with flowers all centered around a yellow disk in the center of the well. The harmony of the design stems from radial symmetry of the pattern as well as the restricted palette of blue and a soft brass-yellow.
Italian
Dish
1500 – 1525
The Paul Leroy Grigaut Memorial Collection
1969/2.38
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