View all examples of YAYAL BLUE ON WHITE
| Type Name: | YAYAL BLUE ON WHITE |
| Type Index: | MAJOLICA |
| Production Origin: | SPAIN |
| Date Range: | 1490-1625 |
| Defining Attributes: |
Light cream to buff paste color, with a soft, chalky, spongy clay texture. Concentric blue bands encircle the interior of the vessel Occasionally a crude central medallion design based on a palmette, parallel crisscrossed lines, and inscriptions |
| Vessel Forms: |
BACIN BOWL ESCUDILLA JAR PLATO |
| Comments: | Early examples generally have a lighter color of blue than that on late examples. Although Yayal Blue on White existed during the early seventeenth century it appears to have reached a peak of popularity around 1550. |
| Published Definitions: | Deagan 1987; Fairbanks 1973; Goggin 1968; Lister and Lister 1982 |