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Jug with Checkerboard Pattern
Mina’i is a modern collectors’ term for ceramics made in Iran during the late 12th to early 13th centuries. The term mina’i, translates as “enamelled” in Persian, designating the colored glass pigments used to paint detailed figural decoration on vessels or tiles, which were then fixed on the ceramic base by multiple firings. The use of a wide range of colors, including turquoise, red, green, purple, and black, also led these types of ceramics to be called by the Persian term “haft rang,” or “seven colors.” This color range is displayed here as the exterior of this jug features a checkerboard pattern of alternating green diamond motifs, with red, blue, and black lining. The decoration on inner rim consists of the repetition of letters to form a pseudo-inscription.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Iran (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H with handlel: 4 3/8 ×W with handle: 5 3/8 × D: 5 1/2 in. (11.1 × 13.7 × 13.9 cm); H of rim:: 4 5/16 in. (11 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, by 1931
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.1026