Antique Spanish Lebrillo Pottery Bowl with Hand Painted Decoration

A beautiful antique Spanish lebrillo bowl, a rare find with wonderfully expressive decoration and a rich, aged surface. Traditionally used as large household basins in Spain, these shallow earthenware bowls now make striking decorative pieces, whether displayed on a kitchen dresser, a farmhouse table or propped against a wall amongst other collected ceramics. This example has a softly rounded form with a broad rim and a creamy, honey-coloured glaze, decorated with loose brushstrokes in cobalt blue, green and earthy brown. The abstract, almost botanical decoration flows across the interior, with darker crosshatched detailing around the rim. Years of wear, glaze irregularities and areas of exposed clay give the bowl a beautiful sense of age, while the unusual combination of colours makes it particularly interesting as a piece of traditional Spanish pottery.

H:9cm Dia:28cm