Location: Islamic Tower

Title: Tile

Chronology: 15th – 16th centuries

Place of production: Manises

Material: Earthenware, hand-painted and varnished.

Dimensions: 9’1 x 9’1 cm. Thickness: 2 cm

Use and function: Interior paving

Description: Naturalistic pictorial decoration, known as the ‘Gothic rose’, in cobalt blue on a stanniferous cover made up of four framed petals. Over time it will become more schematic and smaller in size.

State of preservation: Complete

Provenance: Silla. Excavations at the Teatre, 1979