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Source Description
This dish is decorated with a golden lustre on a white glaze, and has one turquoise spot. The body is very hard and white. The dish features roundels filled alternately with birds and arabesques. With its seven compartments the dish was used to serve a variety of confections or other foods.
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Document identity
localId
32816
label
Serving Dish for Sweetmeats
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
32816
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Serving Dish for Sweetmeats
description
This dish is decorated with a golden lustre on a white glaze, and has one turquoise spot. The body is very hard and white. The dish features roundels filled alternately with birds and arabesques. With its seven compartments the dish was used to serve a variety of confections or other foods.
provenance
Arthur Sambon, Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930 by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
12th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
dishes
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2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8.5
height
33.9
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 3/8 x Diam: 13 3/8 in. (8.5 x 33.9 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
med
fritware ceramic with luster decoration
creator_ids
6747
collection_ids
ISL
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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bf82e67a3fbbbca2
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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edd631f6420ee2ea
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no