Dish with seated female figure against a foliate background

Details

• Title

  Dish with seated female figure against a foliate background

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran (place of creation)

  Asia › Iran › Kashan (probable) (probable place of creation)

• Date

  late 12th century

• Material and technique

  fritware, with overglaze painting in lustre; blue glaze on the reverse

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › glazed composition › stonepaste › fritware

• Technique index

  glazed;

  covered › coated › painted

• Object type

  container › vessel › dish

• Dimensions

  10.3 cm (height)
  36 cm (diameter)

• 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.

  EA1956.52

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