This substantial tin-glazed earthenware deep dish or basin - classified in Granadine ceramic typology as a fuente honda and widely known in the Spanish vernacular and art trade as a lebrillo - originates from the celebrated potteries of the Fajalauza quarter in the Albaicín district of Granada, Andalusia. Thrown on the wheel from iron-rich, buff-terracotta clay, the vessel is formed with a wide, flat circular floor resting on a low foot ring (anillo de repié), rising through steeply flaring frustoconical walls to a direct, smoothly rounded rim without an overhanging lip. Both the interior and the entire exterior, including the recessed base, are coated in a creamy, stanniferous white glaze that assumes a warm blush where the underlying earthenware body shows through the thin coating, while three triangularly disposed kiln-stilt scars (marcas de atifle) in the cavetto and within the foot ring attest to traditional stacking on three-pronged clay tripods inside a wood-fired Moorish kiln. Executed with vigorous, spontaneous brushwork in bright in-glaze cobalt blue, the interior composition is organized in three concentric registers. The central medallion is dominated by a symmetrical botanical spray springing from a single leafy axis, branching outward to support three large stylized rosettes (girasoles or margaritas) with cross-hatched circular centers encircled by double rings of looped petals, each blossom symmetrically flanked by a pair of pointed buds. Framing the perimeter of the floor is a continuous undulating chain border, above which the flaring walls are animated by a bold frieze of stacked crescentic festoons partitioned into radial compartments by vertical cobalt strokes descending from the painted rim. With a substantial weight of 3.3 kg, the basin exhibits pronounced concentric throwing ridges along its glazed exterior walls and a hand-painted blue workshop numeral ("5") at the center of the recessed base. Traditionally employed in Andalusian households and courtyard kitchens for serving communal dishes and preparing familial meals, large Fajalauza vessels were prized domestic possessions passed down through generations and conserved through the specialized craft of the lañador - an itinerant tinker who mended fractured earthenware using hand-forged iron staples (lañas). This example presents an extraordinary, museum-worthy demonstration of historical lañado conservation: twenty-two oxidized wrought-iron staples are set into hand-drilled pairs of holes across the vessel, comprising eighteen staples arranged radially around the base perimeter to secure a circumferential fracture along the foot ring and a stepped ladder of four horizontal staples stabilizing a radial crack descending the exterior wall. Corresponding fracture lines are visible across the interior floor and flaring walls, accompanied by an accidental dark pigment mark at the interior rim, two pairs of unstapled drill holes adjacent to a section of foot-ring loss, localized areas of glaze flaking and chipping along the rim that expose the terracotta paste, and authentic kiln blemishes. Notwithstanding these extensive historical fractures and surface losses, the ancient ironwork holds the heavy ceramic body in a state of complete structural cohesion. Beyond its bold graphic presence, the visual interplay between the luminous cobalt floral painting on the obverse and the rhythmic, almost sculptural network of oxidized iron staples on the reverse elevates this vessel into an evocative artifact of Iberian material culture. Embodying both the enduring Mudéjar ceramic heritage of Granada and the vanishing folk craft of the Spanish lañador, this Fajalauza basin offers exceptional character as a centerpiece for collectors of European folk pottery, historic maiolica, and wabi-sabi interiors. PROVENANCE Property from the Estate of a German biologist and naturalist (acquired in Spain in the 1980s). Thence by descent to the present owner.