Description

Ceramic tile, square. On a white background, tile has an image in blue of The Judgement of King Solomon, in which the king sits on his throne in a sparse room, ordering a soldier with sword in hand to cut a child in half. Two women, both claiming to be mothers of the child, appear on either side of the soldier. The scene is surrounded by a circular border, with an ox-head motif sitting at each corner of the tile. Top of object is glazed and shiny, sides and bottom undecorated.