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Large Dish with Flying Cranes

Unidentified Artistc. 1620

Harvard Art Museums

Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States

This is a large dish with upturned rim, fluted cavetto, and low, hollow foot ring. The center is painted in under-glaze cobalt blue with a design of four cranes amid clouds. There are three shades of blue, with the darkest used for outlines and stippling. The exterior or underside is sparely decorated with a peach spray. In the center of the foot ring is a faint "tassel mark."

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  • Title: Large Dish with Flying Cranes
  • Creator: Unidentified Artist
  • Creator Lifespan: 1/1
  • Date: c. 1620
  • Technique: Underglazed, painted
  • Physical Dimensions: h7.5 x d41.7 cm
  • Period: Safavid period
  • Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gweneth Knight Memorial Fund
  • Creation Place: Iran/Middle East
  • Type: Vessels
  • External Link: Harvard Art Museums
  • Medium: Fritware with molded decoration and underglaze painting in cobalt blue
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