Dish

Object Details

• Description

  A ceramic dish. Off-white stonepaste body. Black decoration under turquoise glaze. Dish is fairly deep with broad flat rim. Foot ring is wide and shallow. Dish decorated in center with a stylized chrysanthemum with other flowers and pointed leaves emanating from that flower. The rim contains scroll patterns. The bottom contains one line near the rim and two lines near the foot ring, which is unglazed. There are four holes in the foot ring for hanging. The glaze is crackled and there are a few cracks and chips in the dish.

• Provenance

  To 1998

  Adrienne Minassian, New York, to 1998

  From 1998

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, bequeathed by Adrienne Minassian in 1998

• 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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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1600s, 1630s

• Name

  Minassian, Adrienne, Estate of Adrienne Minassian

• Topic

  Art, Chrysanthemum, Arts of the Islamic World, Stone-paste, Ceramics

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)