Dish

Object Details

• Description

  A ceramic dish. Off-white stonepaste body with black decoration painted under dark turquoise/blue glaze. Dish is shallow with broad, flat rim. Foot ring is wide and shallow. The center of the plate contains a stylized chrysanthemum flower and then is divided into twelve panels, like pieces of a pie. A wavy line borders this "pie". The rim contains floral and scroll-like patterns. The bottom of the dish is decorated with one line near the rim and one near the foot ring. The unglazed foot ring has four holes for hanging. The glaze has crackled and there are a few chips, cracks and gauges out of 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

• Exhibition History

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Adrienne Minassian (1913-1994)

  Estate of Adrienne Minassian

• Origin

  Possibly Tabriz, Iran

• Credit Line

  Bequest of Adrienne Minassian

• Type

  Vessel

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• Name

  Minassian, Adrienne, Estate of Adrienne Minassian

• Place

  Tabriz

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)