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Source Description
With a lustrous shine that resembles the glisten of precious metals, this dish would have enhanced any elegant table of 13th-century Iran. Collected by the ruling and mercantile elite, lusterware was one of the most prestigious ceramics of the medieval Islamic world. The metallic glaze and complex firing techniques required to produce the luxury ware were developed and perfected by skilled experts. In 12th to 14th-century Iran, lusterware ceramicists were based at Kashan, where this platter was made.
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Document identity
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37304
label
Plate with Birds and Inscriptions
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obj
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object
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37304
sourceUrl
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object
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normalized
title
Plate with Birds and Inscriptions
description
With a lustrous shine that resembles the glisten of precious metals, this dish would have enhanced any elegant table of 13th-century Iran. Collected by the ruling and mercantile elite, lusterware was one of the most prestigious ceramics of the medieval Islamic world. The metallic glaze and complex firing techniques required to produce the luxury ware were developed and perfected by skilled experts. In 12th to 14th-century Iran, lusterware ceramicists were based at Kashan, where this platter was made.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1218
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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plates
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6
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6
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8
height
33.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 1/8 x Diam: 13 1/16 in. (8 x 33.1 cm)
Source extras
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Islamic
med
earthenware, white slip, glazes
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6768
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ISL
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none
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