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    "localId": "95058",
    "label": "Dish",
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    "id": "95058",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Dish",
    "description": "This type of pottery is named after a town in the Caucasus, a region between the Black and Caspian Seas that encompasses modern-day Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, and parts of southern Russia, where many of these objects were found. However, it is likely that Kubachi wares were produced in northwestern Iran using fritware, a ceramic that incorporates large amounts of crushed quartz into white clay. The use of black slip to paint designs under a turquoise glaze is striking and highlights the free-flowing floral motif.",
    "date": "c. 1600",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.595",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.595/1915.595_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.595/1915.595_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 34.2 cm (13 7/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Caucasus or northern Iran"
    ],
    "accession": "1915.595"
}

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    "tec": "Fritware with underglaze design in black slip, Kubachi ware",
    "tombstone": "Dish, c. 1600. Caucasus or northern Iran. Fritware with underglaze design in black slip, Kubachi ware; diameter: 34.2 cm (13 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1915.595",
    "collection": "Islamic Art",
    "didYouKnow": "Because many of these vessels were found in peasant houses in the town of Kubachi in the Caucasus, the name \"Kubachi\" ware was given to the entire group.",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.595",
    "creditline": "Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:04:33.923000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.595/1915.595_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 95058,
    "dept": "Islamic Art",
    "coll": "Islamic Art",
    "med": "Fritware with underglaze design in black slip, Kubachi ware",
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