Plate14th century

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Title: Plate
Place Made: Iran or Central Asia
Date Made: 14th century
Medium: Fritware, underglaze-painted
Dimensions: 4 x 15 in. (10.16 x 38.10 cm)
Credit Line: The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2002.1.17
Classification: Ceramics
Collecting Area: Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Curatorial Notes: For centuries, Chinese ceramics served as a source of inspiration for Islamic potters, who freely adopted and adapted those attributes that would best appeal to their clientele. Here the blue, white, and black color scheme is derived from Chinese blue and white porcelains, but this Iranian vessel maintains the geometric and floral decorative vocabulary commonly found in Islamic art, representing a fusion between the cultures.
Selected Bibliography: Atil, Esin. Renaissance of Islam: Art of the Mamluks. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981.
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.
Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.

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