Plate

Object Details

• Description

  A polychrome ceramic plate. Off-white body. White slip. Decoration in blue, turquoise, yellow and red paint under a clear glaze. The turquoise glaze is blurred. The plate is fairly deep with large flat rim. Small, low foot ring. Front of plate decorated in center with stylized floral designs, and large fat bird (?) in center of design. The outer portion of the plate is decorated with a honeycomb pattern filled in with colored dots; the color of the dots varying throughout the different cells. The paint that forms the dots is thick, so as to be raised. The bottom of the plate has a greenish line around the rim and near the foot ring. The foot ring is unglazed and contains four holes for hanging. Glaze is crackled, a few chips and cracks in the plate as well.

• Provenance

  To 1994

  Adrienne Minassian (1913-1994), New York.

  From 1994 to 1997

  Estate of Adrienne Minassian.

  From 1997

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, bequeathed by Adrienne Minassian in 1997.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Adrienne Minassian (1913-1994)

  Estate of Adrienne Minassian

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Bequest of Adrienne Minassian

• Type

  Vessel

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• Name

  Minassian, Adrienne, Estate of Adrienne Minassian

• Topic

  S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736, Kubachi ware, Art, Animals, Arts of the Islamic World, Birds, Stone-paste, Ceramics, Flowers

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)