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Plate with Tughra1749/1163 A.H.

Not on view
Pewter dish with wide flat rim, shallow well, and low foot ring, decorated with lightly incised leaf and knotwork motifs and a short Arabic-script inscription
Ceramic dish with pale cream glaze, viewed from above, decorated on the rim with alternating circular medallions containing Arabic script in thuluth style and outlined leaf motifs; a longer Arabic inscription appears near the top rim; plain recessed center with concentric rings; surface shows age and wear.

Unknown, Plate with Tughra, 1749/1163 A.H., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Plate with Tughra
Place Made
Turkey
Date Made
1749/1163 A.H.
Medium
Copper, tinned
Dimensions
Height: 1 9/16 in. (3.97 cm); Diameter: 11 1/8 in. (28.26 cm)
Credit Line
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2002.1.638
Classification
Metal
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic