id: 173682 accession number: 1915.712 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.712 updated: 2020-11-04 22:20:45.432000 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). --- 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: digital description: wall description: Pomegranates alternate with leaves amid a scrolling vegetal background around the rim. Granada, the southern Spanish city where the Alhambra palace is located, means pomegranate in Spanish. This dish, therefore, may have been made for use in the Islamic court of the Nasrid dynasty (1232–1492). A wine cup in the center evokes the pleasures of a feast. It could also have been appreciated by their Christian successors.

According to the Treatise on Ceramics (1301), written by the Persian historian Abu’l Kasim: “That which has been evenly fired reflects like red gold and shines like the light of the sun.” This description resonates with the appearance of this fine lusterware dish. --- 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