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Dish

Dish

  • Place of origin:

    Iran (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1700 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Fritware, painted and glazed

  • Museum number:

    2715-1876

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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There are a number of dishes painted with Nazaret, a name attributed to khawaje Nazar (d.1636 [Kurdian]), who was the head of the Armenian community in New Julfa, or a descendent. The pattern was based on a Chinese prototype, which is often associated with the Islamic market, but examples have been found in the Americas and elsewhere.

Physical description

Dish, fritware. The dish has a small flange with a bands of hatchings grouped in alternating directions. Eighteen panels with asters at the end of stems with parallel leaves, surround a band of sketchy scales. An Armenian monogram, painted within the band, can be read as Nazaret. A very loose scroll of nodescript flowers and tadpole leaves surround the outside with a plain white band above the base ring There is no mark.

Place of Origin

Iran (made)

Date

ca. 1700 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Fritware, painted and glazed

Marks and inscriptions

An Armenian monogram, painted within the band, can be read as Nazaret .

Dimensions

Height: 3.8 cm, Width: 22.5 cm

Object history note

Historical significance: Thus dish is part of a small group of wares commisioned by or for members of the Armenian community living in New Julfa, outside Isfahan.

Descriptive line

Dish, fritware, painted in underglaze blue with the 'Aster pattern' after a Chinese pattern, the centre incorporating an Armenian merchant's monogram, Iran, ca. 1700

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Y. Crowe, Persia and China. Safavid Blue and White Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum 1501-1738, London, Thames & Hudson, 2002, p.240; no. 423.
See Ceramic Department Object Information File

Labels and date

Plate, lead-glazed earthenware. Turkish (Kutahia). 17th-18th century. [17.05.1965]
Ceramics Galleries 145.5-6, Precious Cargo

Materials

Fritware

Techniques

Painted; Glazed

Categories

Ceramics

Collection code

MES

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