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Dish with Scalloped Rim and Radial Pattern

12th–early 13th century
Not on view
Luster pieces like this scalloped dish often went unaltered in the early twentieth century because the metallic sheen could not be replicated with a pigment. Overpainting on this dish was employed mostly to cover joints

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title:
    Dish with Scalloped Rim and Radial Pattern
  • Date:
    12th–early 13th century
  • Geography:
    Made in Iran, probably Rayy
  • Medium:
    Stonepaste; luster-painted, in-glaze painted, transparent colorless and blue glaze
  • Dimensions:
    H. 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm)
    Diam. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)
  • Classification:
    Ceramics
  • Credit Line:
    Rogers Fund, 1966
  • Object Number:
    66.159
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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