Dish with vegetal and calligraphic decoration

On display

This is a genuine vessel in fragmentary state – most likely a round bowl – which was creatively reconstructed as a ‘boat-shaped’ dish because of the missing parts.

Details

Title

Dish with vegetal and calligraphic decoration
Associated place

Iran (place of creation)
Date

early 13th century
Material and technique

fritware, with painting in black under a turquoise glaze
Material index

fritware
Technique index

painted;

glazed
Object type

dish
Dimensions

5.5 x 19.7 x 13.5 cm (height x width x depth)
No. of items

1
Credit line

Presented by Sir Alan Barlow, 1956.
Museum location

First floor | Gallery 31 | Islamic Middle East
Museum department

Eastern Art
Accession no.

EA1956.167