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Polychrome Dish with Peaches - LO.755
Origin: Central Asia
Circa: 16
th
Century CE
to 17
th
Century CE
Dimensions:
8" (20.3cm) depth
Collection: Islamic Art
Style: Islamic
Medium: Glazed Earthenware
Additional Information: AS
£8,000.00
Location: Great Britain
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| Description |
Thrown, stonepaste dish of shallow form with
white
slip over whole and polychrome decoration in
black,
green, red and blue under clear, crackled alkali
glaze; rosette at centre against metallic green
ground; cavetto with five split palmette radiates
each with fauna spray at centre and peach spray
between. Repaired from fragments.
This dish can most likely be assigned to a group
known as ‘Kubachi’ wares, so-called for the town
in
which they were discovered yet, not necessarily
made. For years, Scholars remained in the dark
as to
the date and origin of these mystery wares
although,
assumed they were produced in the same
workshop
given the homogenous nature of their decoration.
More recently, the Royal Ontario Museum finally
solved the mystery and Samarkand or Nishapur
were
put forward as the most likely provenances.
Further
study, useful in ascertaining the date of this
piece,
revealed that by 16th century the decoration of
‘Kubachi’ wares had become polychrome - green,
yellow and red were added to the existing palette
of
blue and black. Extant examples were assigned
specifically to the reign of Shah Abbas the Great.
The decorative formula seen here is strikingly
similar to a dish presently on display in the Wirth
Gallery at the Royal Ontario Museum that has
been
attributed to Isfahan. The irrefutable similarities
between the two suggest this plate can be
assigned
a similar provenance.
It is thought that these vessels imitate Chinese
Kraak-ware – the Silk Route had for centuries
brought Muslim lands into contact with Chinese
culture.
For similar, cf. Ceramics of the Islamic World in
the
Tareq Rajab Museum (I.B.Tauris, London 2000) P.
275 No.334
- (LO.755)
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