Luster Dish with Polo Player
1170–1200
- Medium
- fritware with luster-painted design
- Dimensions
- Overall: 7.2 x 35.5 cm (2 13/16 x 14 in.)
- Genre
- Ceramic
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Iran, Seljuq period (1037–1194)
About
Luster potters migrated to the city of Kashan in Iran where luster ware reached its greatest height during the 1170s until about 1220. This masterful dish features a mounted polo player, a figure representing the Iranian ideal of beauty with a round moon-like face and fine features.