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Source Description
This plate is one of a few rare dated ceramics from the Timurid period. Scientific testing of its fabric demonstrates that it came from Nishapur, a town in northeastern Iran that flourished as a ceramic-manufacturing center in the 9th-12th centuries and that is now recognized-partly on the basis of the evidence provided by our plate-to have remained active in pottery production during subsequent periods.
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33249
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Plate with Inscriptions and Cloud Motifs
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33249
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title
Plate with Inscriptions and Cloud Motifs
description
This plate is one of a few rare dated ceramics from the Timurid period. Scientific testing of its fabric demonstrates that it came from Nishapur, a town in northeastern Iran that flourished as a ceramic-manufacturing center in the 9th-12th centuries and that is now recognized-partly on the basis of the evidence provided by our plate-to have remained active in pottery production during subsequent periods.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1480-1481 (Timurid)
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en
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Ceramics
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cm
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7.6
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37.5
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H: 3 × Diam: 14 3/4 in. (7.6 × 37.5 cm)
Source extras
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Iranian-Islamic
inscriptions
[Translation] Nearest to center rosette: may you come to a good end (repeated three times)
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Timurid Dynasty
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fritware ceramic underglaze-painted
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