Luster Dish with Seated Prince
1170–1220
- Medium
- fritware with luster-painted design
- Dimensions
- Overall: 7.5 x 39 cm (2 15/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
- Genre
- Ceramics
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Iran, Kashan, Seljuq period of Iran (1037–1194)
About
Along with Basra in Iraq and Fustat (Old Cairo) in Egypt, Kashan served as a hub of Islamic ceramic production in northern Iran. This dish was likely produced in one of its workshops and is admired for its rare blue glaze design on a luster ground. Rulers and other court officials are commonly depicted on lusterware of this period.