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Luster Dish with Seated Prince
1170–1220
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Along with Basra in Iraq and Fustat (Old Cairo) in Egypt, Kashan served as a hub of Islamic ceramic production in northern Iran. This dish was likely produced in one of its workshops and is admired for its rare blue glaze design on a luster ground. Rulers and other court officials are commonly depicted on lusterware of this period.
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- Title: Luster Dish with Seated Prince
- Date Created: 1170–1220
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 7.5 x 39 cm (2 15/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
- Provenance: (Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.289
- Medium: fritware with luster-painted design
- Fun Fact: Around the dish's edge is a frieze of birds against an arabesque field.
- Department: Islamic Art
- Culture: Iran, Kashan, Seljuq period of Iran (1037–1194)
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: Islamic Art
- Accession Number: 1951.289
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