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dish
Object Type
dish
Museum number
G.308
Description
Dish, made of stonepaste, underglaze painted in black and blue with green and red slip; decorated with cypress tree and surrounding pheasants and Persian inscription reading 'May this dish always be full of blessings from licit [halal] riches / May it always be in the company of fortunate people / May this dish never be empty of blessings / In all months and years, whoever eats [from these blessings] / May their body be healthy from pain and [bal]'.
Cultures/periods
Safavid dynasty
Production date
1677-1678
(AH 1088)
Production place
Made in:
Kirman (town)
Materials
stonepaste
Technique
glazed
slipped
underglazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
22 centimetres
(base)
Diameter:
40.50 centimetres
(rim)
Height:
9 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Lane 1957 / Later Islamic Pottery: Persia, Syria, Egypt, Turkey
(fig.60.B)
Godman 1901 / The Godman collection of Oriental and Spanish pottery and glass, 1865-1900
(301)
Canby 1999 / The Golden Age of Persian Art 1501-1722
(fig.147)
Akbarnia et al 2018 / The Islamic World: a History in Objects
(p.184, fig.1)
Location
On display
(G43/dc1)
Subjects
bird
tree/bush
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Miss Edith Godman
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Frederick Du Cane Godman
Acquisition date
1983
Department
Middle East
Registration number
G.308