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Lustre painted dish
Doha, Qatar
Museum of Islamic Art
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Hegira 611 / AD 1214
PO.285
Fritware, Lustre; Lustre Painting
Height: 8.8cm, Width: 20.6cm, Depth: 20.6cm
Seljuq
Iran, Kashan
This exceptional example of a Kashan dish is decorated with a veiled woman riding an elephant. Moreover, it bears a signature which is possibly that of Muhammad ibn Abi Tahir, a famous Kashan potter of the pre-Mongol era, and head of a family who produced lustreware over three generations. The dish is dated AH Shawwal 611 (AD February 1214). The shape of this dish, standing on three harpy-shaped feet, is taken from a contemporary metalwork shape (perhaps an incense burner).
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Seipel, Joseph H., God is Beautiful and Loves Beauty: The object in Islamic Art and Culture, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013.
Watson, Oliver, Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar, Munich: Prestel Verlag, 2008.
"Lustre painted dish" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;qt;Mus21;25;en
MWNF Working Number: QT 25
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