Publication Date
Eleventh/seventeenth century
Publication Place
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National Museum of Oriental Art
Subject
Glazed porcelain with a metallic luster.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع: 8.2 سم؛ القطر:36.5 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
8486
Record ID
object;ISL;it;Mus01;12;ar
Library Location
Museum of Civilizations | Museum of Oriental Art Giuseppe Tucci
Date
Eleventh/seventeenth century
Notes
A dish with sloping walls and a ring-shaped base, decorated in the bright red color characteristic of pieces produced in the late Hispano-Arabic period. This drawing consists of a large rhombus, inside which is a circle whose diameter defines the area of the bottom of the dish and its walls. In the spaces between the rhombus and outside the circle, feather-shaped triangles are formed, which are a group of parallel lines similar to tree leaves. On its outer edge there is a wide belt with a solid metallic luster; In the middle there are twisted and twisted plants with leaves and a spherical fruit (perhaps a pomegranate), whose leaves are drawn with curved and parallel lines as if they were a metal spring. We see branches, twisted climbing plants, and others of the same type (without fruit) repeated at the bottom of the plate. On the sides is an image of a crescent with a human side face, which indicates a popular taste, and an inaccurate drawing of two lions facing each other.
Sample Text
Paola Torre “A dish depicting a crescent-shaped human face” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;it;Mus01;12;ar
