Earthenware dish, painted in lustre over an opaque, white glaze
Iraq; 9th-10th century
H: 3.6; Diam: 30.5 cm
Inventory number 14/1962
The shape of the dish was taken from contemporary metal pieces. It is decorated in lustre with an inscription along the rim that repeats a phrase in Arabic: “blessing to its owner.”
The face of the dish is painted in lustre with a cruciform, symmetrical motif based on the palmette that was found so often – and in many different materials – as an ornament under the Abbasids.
In this case, the palmettes are used in an original fashion to form a trouser-like motif that is repeated four times around the dish. In the interspaces between the “trousers” are four almond-shaped ornaments: two-dimensional versions of the almond-shaped bosses on metalwork that were inherited from the Sasanian period.
The face of the dish is painted in lustre with a cruciform, symmetrical motif based on the palmette that was found so often – and in many different materials – as an ornament under the Abbasids.
In this case, the palmettes are used in an original fashion to form a trouser-like motif that is repeated four times around the dish. In the interspaces between the “trousers” are four almond-shaped ornaments: two-dimensional versions of the almond-shaped bosses on metalwork that were inherited from the Sasanian period.
Published in
Published in
C .L. Davids Samling. Fjerde Del : Jubilæumsskrift 1945-70, København 1970, cat.no. 33, pp. 154-155;
André Leth: Davids Samling. Islamisk kunst = The David Collection. Islamic Art, København 1975, p. 3;
The arts of Islam : Hayward gallery, 8 April - 4 July 1976, London 1976, cat.no. 266;
Art from the World of Islam. 8th-18th century, Louisiana, Humlebæk 1987, cat.no. 25;
Kjeld von Folsach: Islamic art. The David Collection, Copenhagen 1990, cat.no.65;
Oleg Grabar: The mediation of ornament, Princeton 1992, pl. 1 (acc.no. mistakenly given as 26/1962);
Kjeld von Folsach: Art from the World of Islam in The David Collection, Copenhagen 2001, cat.no. 105;
André Leth: Davids Samling. Islamisk kunst = The David Collection. Islamic Art, København 1975, p. 3;
The arts of Islam : Hayward gallery, 8 April - 4 July 1976, London 1976, cat.no. 266;
Art from the World of Islam. 8th-18th century, Louisiana, Humlebæk 1987, cat.no. 25;
Kjeld von Folsach: Islamic art. The David Collection, Copenhagen 1990, cat.no.65;
Oleg Grabar: The mediation of ornament, Princeton 1992, pl. 1 (acc.no. mistakenly given as 26/1962);
Kjeld von Folsach: Art from the World of Islam in The David Collection, Copenhagen 2001, cat.no. 105;
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