Dish

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Development of this type of European ceramic was to some degree spurred by the introduction of glazed wares from the Islamic world, which, in turn, echoed the colored glazes of China. Until the introduction of Chinese porcelain in the early sixteenth century and the subsequent development of porcelain in the early eighteenth, earthenwares with tin glazes were the most widely produced ceramics in Europe.

Medieval Art and The Cloisters

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum's collection of medieval and Byzantine art is among the most comprehensive in the world. Displayed in both The Met Fifth Avenue and in the Museum's branch in northern Manhattan, The Met Cloisters, the collection encompasses the art of the Mediterranean and Europe from the fall of Rome in the fourth century to the beginning of the Renaissance in the early sixteenth century. It also includes pre-medieval European works of art created during the Bronze Age and early Iron Age.

Metropolitan Museum of Art