Dish
BackDescription:
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]'.
Object type: | dish |
Museum number: | G.308 |
Culture/period: | Safavid dynasty |
Date: | 1677-1678 (AH 1088) |
Production place: | Made in: Kirman |
Materials: | stonepaste |
Technique: | glazed, slipped, underglazed |
Dimensions: | Diameter: 40.50 cm (rim) Height: 9.00 cm Diameter: 22.00 cm (base) |
Inscriptions: | Inscription details: inscription in Persian in Nasta‘liq script Inscription quoted: Inscription: Inscription details: mark Inscription quoted: Inscription note: Dated AH 1088, which corresponds to 1677 or 1678 AD |
Location: | 33 |
Subjects: | bird, tree/bush |
Acquisition names: | Bequeathed by: Miss Edith Godman |
Acquisition date: | 1983 |
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