Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Serving Dish for Sweetmeats
(Islamic World )
This dish is decorated with a golden lustre on a white glaze, and has one turquoise spot. The body is very hard and white. The dish features roundels filled alternately with birds and arabesques. With its seven compartments the dish was used to serve a variety of confections or other foods.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Arthur Sambon, Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930 by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 4/18/1960 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 8/1/2001 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
Iran, Kashan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 3/8 x Diam: 13 3/8 in. (8.5 x 33.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.1011