{"id":185,"date":"2017-04-12T18:45:38","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T18:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/about-face-islamic-art\/?page_id=185"},"modified":"2017-05-03T02:23:06","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T02:23:06","slug":"luster-dish-seated-king-and-queen-in-center","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/about-face-islamic-art\/luster-dish-seated-king-and-queen-in-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Luster Dish of a Seated Couple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/about-face-islamic-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2017\/04\/2016_29_51_a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-156 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/about-face-islamic-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2017\/04\/2016_29_51_a-300x290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/about-face-islamic-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2017\/04\/2016_29_51_a-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/about-face-islamic-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2017\/04\/2016_29_51_a-768x742.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/about-face-islamic-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2017\/04\/2016_29_51_a-192x186.jpg 192w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/about-face-islamic-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2017\/04\/2016_29_51_a.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Iran, Kashan. Early 13<sup>th<\/sup> century\u00a0CE<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Luster Dish of a Seated Couple<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Fritware, luster-painted on opaque monochrome glaze<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Gift of Elinor Lander Horwitz, class of 1950<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>SC 2016:29-51<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Text and image are integral to the design of this dish. Calligraphic poetry encircles the center image, and the Persian word\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">shadi<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0(happiness) is repeated around the outer rim. An abstract design divides the rings of text.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The design focuses our eye on a seated couple with halos at the dish\u2019s center. Between them is either an instrument or a drinking vessel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Detailed patterning is etched into the luster paint that surrounds the couple. While the text wraps around the image, the figures remain the primary focus of this dish. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This dish is unique to the collection because of its intricate detail and figural representation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Madison Agresti, Smith College \u201819<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Detailed Image Description: a ceramic dish with an image of a seated couple at its center. \u00a0In between the bands of ornately written Naskh script, there is an abstract design. The center of the dish features a seated couple, who both appear to have moon shaped faces that are talked about as a sign of beauty in Persian poetry. Both figures appear to be seated cross-legged with halos on their heads. The dish is painted in gold luster on a white glazed background. The text wraps around the image of the couple appears to be the primary focus of this dish. Between the seated couple there is either an instrument or a drinking vessel. Detailed patterning is etched into the luster paint that surrounds the couple.]<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran, Kashan. Early 13th century\u00a0CE Luster Dish of a Seated Couple Fritware, luster-painted on opaque monochrome glaze Gift of Elinor Lander Horwitz, class of 1950 SC 2016:29-51 Text and image are integral to the design of this dish. Calligraphic poetry encircles the center image, and the Persian word\u00a0shadi\u00a0(happiness) is repeated around the outer rim. 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