Dish with a Prophetic Hadith
Islamic (Iran)
Qajar dynasty (1796–1925), dated 1238 AH/1822 CE
- Medium
- Fritware, painted in blue under a transparent glaze
- Classification
- Ceramics
- Dimensions
- 4.6 × 28 cm (1 13/16 × 11 1/16 in.); Diam.: 28 cm (11 1/16 in.)
- Culture
- Iran
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Asia
- Credit line
- Mary Jane Gunsaulus Collection
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
The color palette and naturalistic designs of this dish are a testament to the enduring influence of Chinese porcelain on ceramics of the Islamic world. This dish features floral decorations in a naturalistic Chinese style and the traditional blue-and-white color scheme. The central calligraphic motif of the dish, offering pious sayings, is written in Arabic script, but its shape recalls Chinese characters. Chinese influence on Islamic ceramics can be seen as early as the 9th century, and it continued well into the 19th century, as evidenced by this dish. On the exterior of the dish, the artist, Ibn Hajj ‘Imad Ali, signed his name and provided a date, 1822/1823 (converted from the given date of the Islamic calendar, 1238).
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
