561) IRON DISH
Iron dish with silver agemina decorations.
Dimension: diameter cm.24,6.
Venetian area, probably end XVI century.
The arabesque decoration of the plate is an exclusive feature in Islamic art.
Agemina is a particular technique which consists to fit on a metallic
object small parts of a different metal in such a way as to obtain a
polychrome effect.
The agemina technique was introduced in Europe during XIV century
through trade links of Venice with the Byzantine Empire