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From the 1430s, Nishapur benefited from the diaspora of potters released from their enslavement in Samarqand. Along with faithful imitations of Chinese porcelain, a distinctive house style developed out of a traditional Islamic palette of black and turquoise and slip-carved technique introduced in the late 12th century. Dishes were painted in layers of black slip and incised with Chinese scroll-work designs possibly inspired by wares from Cizhou kilns in Northern China, but also found on underglaze painted wares from the 14th century, these designs were covered with a clear turquoise-tinted glaze. The designs were generally geometric, possibly inspired by embroidered textiles. Four dishes in this Timurid style are dated between 1468 and 1495, bowls and mugs also survive. The style was copied at Mashhad and also found on contemporary wares excavated from Istanbul, the so-called “Miletus” wares.","physicalDescription":"Dish, fritware, with flattened rim and narrow footrim, painted in black slip, with four palmette-shaped reserves with foliate devices surrounding a central roundel with flowerhead, the ground and rim with incised scrollwork and palmette motifs, covered with a clear turquoise-tinted glaze.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"Fritware","id":"x29419"}],"techniques":[{"text":"glazing","id":"AAT53914"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Fritware, painted in black under a turquoise glaze","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Islam","id":"THES48932"},{"text":"Earthenware","id":"THES48964"}],"styles":[{"text":"Islamic","id":"x29301"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"MES","id":"THES48607"},"images":["2006AF7281","2017JU6099"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"42 (VA)","id":"THES49806"},"free":"","case":"3","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Dish","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Nishapur","id":"x29039"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"probably"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1450-1500","earliest":"1450-01-01","latest":"1500-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"36.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"8.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Dish, fritware, painted in black under a turquoise-coloured glaze, Iran (probably Nishapur), 1450-1500.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Lisa Golombek, Robert B. Mason, Gauvin A. Bailey, <u>Tamerlane's tableware : a new approach to the chinoiserie ceramics of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Iran</u>, Costa Mesa, California, (Mazda Publishers in association with Royal Ontario Museum) 1996, p.152"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Jameel Gallery \r\n\r\nTurquoise and Black Dish\r\nIran, probably Nishapur\r\n1450-1500\r\n\r\nBy the late 15th century, much of the glazed pottery produced in the Middle East consisted of copies of Chinese porcelain. Yet some local traditions survived. This dish has designs painted in black beneath a turquoise glaze. This combination was first used in Iran before the Mongol conquest.\r\n\r\nFritware painted under the glaze\r\n\r\nMuseum no. 910-1903","date":{"text":"Jameel Gallery","earliest":"2006-07-20","latest":null}},{"text":"DISH\r\nWhite earthenware painted in black under turquoise glaze.\r\nNORTH PERSIAN; second half of 15th century.","date":{"text":"Used until 11/2003","earliest":"2003-11-01","latest":"2003-11-30"}}],"partNumbers":["910-1903"],"accessionNumberNum":"910","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1903,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LM5654","2019LR2048","2019LW9308"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-29","recordCreationDate":"2003-11-28","availableToBook":false}}