Dish

Art Historical Context

This elegant 17th dish from the Islamic Art collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art the refined ceramic traditions of the Islamic world.ed from stonepaste—a composite material of quartz, clay, and frit that mimicked the prized porcelain of China—this shallow dish measures just over 10 inches in diameter and about 2 inches high, for serving sweets, fruits, or spiced delicacies in a grand household. The dish's surface bursts with underglaze-painted floral motifs of flowers and leaves, applied in pigments beneath a transparent glaze before a single firing in the kiln. This technique, perfec...