id: 95058 accession number: 1915.595 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.595 updated: 2022-02-07 23:26:28.101000 Dish, c. 1600. Caucasus or northern Iran. Fritware with underglaze design in black slip, Kubachi ware; diameter: 34.2 cm (13 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1915.595 title: Dish title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1600 creation date earliest: 1550 creation date latest: 1650 current location: 116 Islamic creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust copyright: --- culture: Caucasus or northern Iran technique: Fritware with underglaze design in black slip, Kubachi ware department: Islamic Art collection: Islamic Art type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 34.2 cm (13 7/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation) opening date: 2021-05-21T04:00:00 Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 21, 2021-May 31, 2022). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Dikran G. Kelekian [1867-1951], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1915 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1915- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Because many of these vessels were found in peasant houses in the town of Kubachi in the Caucasus, the name "Kubachi" ware was given to the entire group. digital description: wall description: This type of pottery is named after a town in the Caucasus, a region between the Black and Caspian Seas that encompasses modern-day Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, and parts of southern Russia, where many of these objects were found. However, it is likely that Kubachi wares were produced in northwestern Iran using fritware, a ceramic that incorporates large amounts of crushed quartz into white clay. The use of black slip to paint designs under a turquoise glaze is striking and highlights the free-flowing floral motif. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.595/1915.595_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.595/1915.595_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.595/1915.595_full.tif