Dish

Art Historical Context

This exquisite stonepaste dish, crafted in the 12th–13th century, exemplifies the pinnacle of Islamic ceramic artistry during the medieval Islamic world. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Department of Islamic Art, it was generously gifted by Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Baluth in 1968. Stonepaste, a composite body of quartz, clay, and frit, allowed artisans to create thin, translucent vessels that rivaled Chinese porcelain, which was highly prized but rare in the region. The dish's standout feature is its luster-p technique, where metallic oxides like copper and silver were applied over a gla...