id: 173682 accession number: 1915.712 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.712 updated: 2023-04-01 11:07:51.310000 Dish, c. 1475–1500. Spain, probably Valencia. Tin-glazed earthenware with luster-painted design; diameter: 42.6 cm (16 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1915.712 title: Dish title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1475–1500 creation date earliest: 1470 creation date latest: 1505 current location: 116 Islamic creditline: Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection copyright: --- culture: Spain, probably Valencia technique: Tin-glazed earthenware with luster-painted design department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 42.6 cm (16 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Al-Andalus: Art from Islamic Spain (Islamic art rotation) opening date: 2019-10-29T04:00:00 Al-Andalus: Art from Islamic Spain (Islamic art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 2019-October 25, 2020). 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 Hinman B. Hurlbut [1819-1884], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1915 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1915- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: A wine cup in the center of the dish evokes the pleasures of a feast. digital description: wall description: Alternating leaves and pomegranates circle the rim of this dish, emerging from the swirling vegetal motif in the background. The pomegranate is a common decorative element in Islamic art. It is mentioned in the Qur’an as one of the fruits of paradise and is prized for its beauty and nutritional benefits. The use of the pomegranate on this luminous dish may indicate that it was produced for the court of the Nasrid dynasty (1232–1492) in Spain. The palace of Alhambra, the seat of power for the emirs, dynastic Muslim rulers, from the early 1300s, is in Granada, which translates to pomegranate. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.712/1915.712_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.712/1915.712_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.712/1915.712_full.tif