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| Keywords: Spanish - Ceiling Tile with a Lion's Head - Walters 4821065.jpg Lions are often depicted on ceiling tiles of this kind but the stylized frontal view of the animal's head here is quite unusual and was probably influenced by similar images on glazed ceramic dishes The piece once belonged to the newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst 1863-1951 Nothing is known about its earlier provenance Most comparable examples of known origin come from the town of Paterna evidently the principal center of socarrat production between 1490 1550 Early Modern earthenware with glaze and black paint cm 35 3 43 5 2 5 accession number 48 2106 5 6776 William R Hearst San Simeon California ca 1930 by purchase Hearst estate 1951 by bequest inv 2597 lot s/b 569 no 28 Walters Art Museum 1958 by purchase Museum purchase 1958 Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Museum of Biblical Art New York; Colby College Museum of Art Waterville; Joslyn Art Museum Omaha 2008-2009 place of origin Paterna Spain Walters Art Museum license Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Tiles Socarrat Ceramica de Paterna | ||||
