Dish
Unknown Artist
14th century
Medium
Stonepaste; underglaze painted
Dimensions
H. 4 in. (10.2 cm) Diam. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm)
Classification
Ceramics
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Grinnell Collection, Bequest of William Milne Grinnell, 1920
Accession Number
20.120.203
Art Historical Context
This elegant 14th-century dish crafted from stonepaste with underglaze painting, the refined ceramics of the Islamic world.paste, also known as fritware, a innovative composite material developed by Islamic potters around the 10 century to imitate the translucency of Chinese porcelain which was unavailable outside East Asia. The underglaze technique involved painting designs directly onto the unfired body before applying a transparent glaze and firing, allowing vibrant colors to endure while creating a durable, glossy surface. Measuring just over 8 inches in diameter and inches high, this sha...