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Plate

1211

Penn Museum

Penn Museum
Philadelphia, United States

  • Title: Plate
  • Date Created: 1211
  • Location Created: Kashan, Iran
  • Physical Dimensions: 11 x 49.53 cm
  • External Link: Penn Museum online collection
  • Medium: Ceramic
  • Object Number: NEP19
  • Descriptive Note: Body of plate, wine and bird motif. Green luster. Center medallion 2 seated figures and inscription carrying date and place of manufacture. [Kashan workshop, 604H] Inscription in central roundel states this was made in 604H [1211 CE] "Decorated in lustre paint on an opaque white glaze with central medallion of two seated figures surrounded by an inscription containing the date of the plate: Safar, 608 A.H."
  • Culture: Persian
  • Credit Line: Purchased from H. Kevorkian, 1924
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