Bowlsecond half of 17th century

Not on view

Title: Bowl
Place Made: Iran
Date Made: second half of 17th century
Medium: Fritware, overglaze luster painted
Dimensions: Height: 2 in. (5.08 cm); Diameter: 8 7/8 in. (22.54 cm)
Credit Line: The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2002.1.165
Classification: Ceramics
Collecting Area: Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Curatorial Notes: Unlike much of the pottery of seventeenth century Iran, in which Chinese-inspired decoration predominates, the lusterwares of this period avoided Far Eastern designs. Most of these objects—all vessels—are relatively small in scale by comparison with earlier periods. They generally bear densely rendered floral designs and brief landscape vignettes with spiky-leafed trees and occasionally birds and animals, as in this shallow dish whose coppery luster decoration is dominated by a spiky-leafed tree perfectly configured to echo the vessel’s circular form.
Selected Bibliography: Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.

Not on view

Title: Bowl
Place Made: Iran
Date Made: second half of 17th century
Medium: Fritware, overglaze luster painted
Dimensions: Height: 2 in. (5.08 cm); Diameter: 8 7/8 in. (22.54 cm)
Credit Line: The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2002.1.165
Classification: Ceramics
Collecting Area: Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Curatorial Notes: Unlike much of the pottery of seventeenth century Iran, in which Chinese-inspired decoration predominates, the lusterwares of this period avoided Far Eastern designs. Most of these objects—all vessels—are relatively small in scale by comparison with earlier periods. They generally bear densely rendered floral designs and brief landscape vignettes with spiky-leafed trees and occasionally birds and animals, as in this shallow dish whose coppery luster decoration is dominated by a spiky-leafed tree perfectly configured to echo the vessel’s circular form.
Selected Bibliography: Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.