ID: 700002269 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002269	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Hispano-Moresque Basin (deep dish; Unknown Spanish (Spanish Artist); mid-15th century; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 85.DE.441)

Note: The center of this dish is inscribed with the monogram IHS for Iesus Hominum Salvator (Jesus the Savior of Men), the monogram that Saint Bernard of Siena held up for veneration at the end of his sermons. The dish may have been used as a serving trencher at a table or, given its large size, elaborate decoration, and excellent condition, for display on a sideboard.

Titles:

Hispano-Moresque Basin (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Hispano-Moresque Deep Dish (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

deep dish [300379899] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, culinary containers, <containers for serving and consuming food>, <vessels for serving and consuming food>, dishes (vessels for food))

basin (vessel) [300045614]

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, vessels (containers))

Classifications:

decorative arts (preferred)

Creation Date: mid-15th century

Creator Display:

Unknown Spanish (Spanish Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

unknown Spanish (Spanish cultural designation) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500125267]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 85.DE.441

Other: Creation: Valencia [7299161] Valencia province (province), Valencia region (autonomous community), Spain (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Other: Former: England [7002445] United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Tin-glazed earthenware with copper luster

	earthenware [300140803]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, ceramic ware (visual works), pottery (visual works))

	tin glaze [300233436]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by location or context>, glaze (coating by location), ceramic glaze, <ceramic glaze by composition or origin>)

	copper (color) [300311190]
	.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), colors (hues or tints), chromatic colors, orange colors, variable orange colors)

Dimensions: Object: Diam.: 49.5 cm (Diam.: 19 1/2 in.)

Cultures:

Spanish (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Renaissance [300021140] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	serving dishes [300198294]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, culinary containers, <containers for serving and consuming food>, <vessels for serving and consuming food>, dishes (vessels for food)) (AAT)

	IHS [300379900]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, <identifying markings and symbols>, monograms) (AAT)

	Jesus Christ [901000087]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Inscriptions: Inscription: Marked "IHS" in the center of the obverse.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Hispano-Moresque Basin	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Hispano-Moresque Deep Dish	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)