La Cerámica de Miguel Ruíz Jímenez



TAPEARED BOWL Given its size and decoration, it es a spectacular piece whose development is inspired by the motifs of the "mihrab" of the Mezquita of Cordoba. It has a central circle with a great golden star in a reticle of rhombi; from it, triangular ornamental bands irradiate with alternating motifs of atauriques, separated by bands of golden netting. The interior ornamental bands contains a text with the following prayer: "In the name of Allah, the Clement, the Meciful, outside of whom there exists no other God, the King, the Saints, the Savior, the Loyal One, the Custodian, the Strong One, the Powerful, the Subline, blessed Allah, far from Him the gods who associate with Him". The exterior is decorated with Moorish arches with geometrical and floral motifs which alternate in a positive and negative manner. Size is 73 x 28 cm.
				THE BOWL OF THE MOSICIAN It is a version fo a bowl of Fatimid influence. It has a strange figurate central motif representing a musician, surrounded by a border of a starry motif that forms divided oval shapes with golden atauriques. Size is 30 x 8 cm.
	BOWL OF THE BULL A bowl with animal forms as the central motif figuring as a stylized bull, of Nazarite origin. It is based on a piece located in the Hispano-Musulmán Musium of the Alhambra. Its border has a chain stitch of oval shapes in cobalt blue. Size is 32 x 8 cm.
			THE BOWL OF THE STAR A bowl inspired by Nazarites, the central decoration being a star of eight points which forms a symmetrical interface filled with golden stylized motifs. Size is 32 x 8 cm.
		NAZARITE BOWL A Nazarite bowl, replica of the piece located in the für Islamische Kunst Museum in West Berlin. Its decotarion is formed by eight triangles of symmetrical atauriques with a vertex facing the center of bowl. Size is 32 x 8 cm.
				BOWL OF THE SHEATHS A bowl of Nazarite inspiration with six sheaths filled with golden atauriques in a concave form; these being interlaced with oval shapes outlined in cobalt blue, also with golden decoration, in a concave form. Size is 32 x 8 cm.
		NAZARITE DISYMMETRICAL BOWL Its decoration is disymmetrical nased on large atauriques with a triangular mesh dividing the center, checkered with rhombi. Size is 32 x 8 cm.
				THE BOWL OF THE BIRD A bowl whose motif was probably of Fatimid influence, reintroduced by the potters of Manises from the fifteenth to the sixteenth century. Its central motif is a bird with a circle and a star inscribed in its chest. The border has a bow-like design in gold and cobalt blue. Size is 32 x 8 cm.