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Dish with arms of Sicily
Manises, c. 1500
22.2 cm (diameter)
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
Sicily was in the late Middle Ages a possession of the Aragonese kings of Spain; the island was a cultural crossing-point for the Islamic and Christian worlds.
On loan from the British Museum (G.609). LI183.1
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