Dish with Multiple Compartments8th or 9th century

Not on view

Title: Dish with Multiple Compartments
Place Made: Possibly Egypt, Iran, or Iraq
Date Made: 8th or 9th century
Medium: Earthenware, molded and glazed
Dimensions: 1 1/2 x 7 x 7 in. (3.81 x 17.78 x 17.78 cm)
Credit Line: The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2002.1.20
Classification: Ceramics
Collecting Area: Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Curatorial Notes: Rare surviving cookbooks provide an idea of the elaborate dishes served by upper-class hosts at fashionable meals in the eighth and ninth centuries. In addition, the culinary texts shed light on possible uses of early Islamic ceramics, including a kind of dish with shallow wells, such as this one, which may have been used to dispense the seasoned salts called for by certain recipes.
Selected Bibliography: Komaroff, Linda, editor. Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books, 2023.

Not on view

Title: Dish with Multiple Compartments
Place Made: Possibly Egypt, Iran, or Iraq
Date Made: 8th or 9th century
Medium: Earthenware, molded and glazed
Dimensions: 1 1/2 x 7 x 7 in. (3.81 x 17.78 x 17.78 cm)
Credit Line: The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2002.1.20
Classification: Ceramics
Collecting Area: Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Curatorial Notes: Rare surviving cookbooks provide an idea of the elaborate dishes served by upper-class hosts at fashionable meals in the eighth and ninth centuries. In addition, the culinary texts shed light on possible uses of early Islamic ceramics, including a kind of dish with shallow wells, such as this one, which may have been used to dispense the seasoned salts called for by certain recipes.
Selected Bibliography: Komaroff, Linda, editor. Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books, 2023.