Plate

Object Details

• Description

  The vessel has low curving sides and a broad low foot ring. Blue and white decoration cover the surface. Within the central circular area of the inside surface is a decoration of birds and floral elements. Surrounding this area is a wide annular band that extends to the rim and contains twelve panels with the same floral decoration. The exterior is simply decorated with blue lines, ten of which radiate out from two blue lines that circle the foot ring. Another blue line circles just below the rim. The glaze has a distinct crackle.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Sky Blue: Color in Ceramics of the Islamic World (Saturday, July 16, 2016 - Sunday, April 02, 2017)

• Origin

  Probably Nishapur or Masshad, Iran

• Credit Line

  Bequest of Adrienne Minassian

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1700s, 1710s, 1720s, 1500s, 1610s, 1600s, 1590s, 1540s, 1650s, 1530s, 1640s, 1520s, 1630s, 1510s, 1620s, 1690s, 1580s, 1730s, 1570s, 1680s, 1560s, 1670s, 1550s, 1660s

• Place

  Nishapur, Masshad

• Topic

  S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736, Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Flowers

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)