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Calligraphic Dish

ca. 1600
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 463
The central inscription on this dish is a slightly altered form of the Shi'i profession of faith and the passages around it are from the Qur'an. This dish is one of a group of about twenty objects decorated with superb thuluth script, the specific function of which is unknown.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Calligraphic Dish
  • Date: ca. 1600
  • Geography: Attributed to India, Deccan, Bijapur
  • Medium: Copper alloy; cast
  • Dimensions: H. 1/4in. (0.6cm)
    Diam. 5 7/8in. (14.9cm)
  • Classification: Metal
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Wendy F. Findlay Gift, 1983
  • Object Number: 1983.227
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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