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Dish with 'Cintamani' and Tiger-stripe Pattern

ca. 1575–90
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 460
The pattern of this charming dish is a variant of the so‑called chintamani (Sanskrit for "auspicious jewel") design. Appearing on ceramics as well as on carpets and textiles, this pervasive design originated in Buddhist iconography. Originally, the circles and wavy stripes represented auspicious flaming pearls, but in the Ottoman context this significance was transformed through their association with tiger stripes and leopard spots, symbols connoting strength and courage.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Dish with 'Cintamani' and Tiger-stripe Pattern
  • Date: ca. 1575–90
  • Geography: Made in Turkey, Iznik
  • Medium: Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze
  • Dimensions: H. 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm)
    Diam. of rim: 10 3/16 in. (25.9 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • Credit Line: Gift of William B. Osgood Field, 1902
  • Object Number: 02.5.55
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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