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Dish
(18th and 19th Centuries )
In the center of this dish, decorated in the Islamic taste, appears a large rosette in dark and light blue and white. It is bordered with scalloped, repoussé recesses decorated with blue quatrefoil motifs against a gilt ground. The floral border is in plique-à-jour enamel in a gilt ground. On the dish's rim, complex curves alternate with circles.
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Provenance
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Acquired by Leo Kaplan, New York; purchased by Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C., June 6, 1995; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 2010.
Geographies
Russia, Moscow (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3/8 x Diam: 8 7/8 in. (1 x 22.6 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Jean M. Riddell, 2010
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.
44.842