id:			106697
accession number:	1924.742
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.742
updated:		2021-07-17 09:00:08.902000

Ceramic dish with deer, phoenix, and lotus blossoms, 1300–1350. Iran, probably Sultanabad, Ilkhanid period (1256–1353). Fritware with underglaze-painted design, Sultanabad ware; overall: 7 x 32.6 cm (2 3/4 x 12 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1924.742

title:				Ceramic dish with deer, phoenix, and lotus blossoms
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creation date:			1300–1350
creation date earliest:		1300
creation date latest:		1350
current location:		116 Islamic
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Iran, probably Sultanabad, Ilkhanid period (1256–1353)
technique:	Fritware with underglaze-painted design, Sultanabad ware
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 7 x 32.6 cm (2 3/4 x 12 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation)
	opening date:   2021-05-21T04:00:00
	<i>Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 21, 2021-May 31, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>East-West in Art</em>. Museum of Art of Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (June 22-October 31, 1966).

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Chauncey J. [Mary A. I. Mitchell] Blair [1856-1940], Chicago, IL, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1924
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1924-
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wall description: 
The design of a flying phoenix on the rim was frequently represented on vessels and tilework of this period. The motif was derived from China, most likely transmitted on prestigious silk textiles.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Bowie, Theodore Robert. <em>East-West in Art; Patterns of Cultural &amp; Aesthetic Relationships</em>. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1966.
	page number: 	no.134
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