{"id":292,"date":"2017-04-16T03:41:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T03:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/about-face-islamic-art\/?page_id=292"},"modified":"2017-05-03T02:22:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T02:22:18","slug":"fragment-of-a-bowl-with-three-heads","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/about-face-islamic-art\/fragment-of-a-bowl-with-three-heads\/","title":{"rendered":"Fragment of a Dish with Five Heads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/about-face-islamic-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2017\/04\/2016_29_41_a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-155 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/about-face-islamic-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2017\/04\/2016_29_41_a-775x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"775\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/about-face-islamic-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2017\/04\/2016_29_41_a-775x1024.jpg 775w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/about-face-islamic-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2017\/04\/2016_29_41_a-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/about-face-islamic-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2017\/04\/2016_29_41_a-768x1014.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/about-face-islamic-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2017\/04\/2016_29_41_a-145x192.jpg 145w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/about-face-islamic-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2017\/04\/2016_29_41_a.jpg 814w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Iran, Kashan. c. 1200\u20131220 CE<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fragment of a dish with five heads<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Fritware, painted in luster over an opaque white glaze<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gift of Elinor Lander Horwitz, class of 1950<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SC 2016:29-41<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This ceramic fragment was likely once part of a large dish or plate. The white discs behind the figures\u2019 heads may imply a royal or divine status. Similar shapes \u2013\u00a0halos or almond-shaped mandorlas \u2013\u00a0are symbols of divinity and holiness across many religious traditions, including Islam, Christianity, and Buddhism. An alternate interpretation, however, suggests that these white circles simply serve to provide visual contrast between the figures\u2019 faces and the busy background. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This fragment of fritware \u2013 clay with added quartz and ground glass \u2013 is an example of a style of lusterware created in the city of Kashan in the early 13th century. To create the design, metallic pigment was painted onto a previously glazed and fired dish in the shape of the desired image, then scraped away in some areas for additional detail. A second firing at a lower temperature reveals the pigment\u2019s iridescent sheen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amanda Click, Smith College \u201817<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>[ Detailed Image Description: A fragment of a ceramic dish with uneven broken edges. The fragment has a design painted in an iridescent brown-gold pigment over a white glaze with a crackled texture. Some of the design and glaze has rubbed off to reveal the buff-colored clay beneath. The design consists of five human figures: four are clearly present, with the fifth mostly worn away so that only a faint outline of an eyebrow, nose, and chin are visible. The figures overlap, so only their busts and heads are shown. Their genders are not clearly indicated, and they all have round, white faces with chubby cheeks and elongated narrow eyes. Each figure wears ornate clothing decorated with spiral patterns, and has a white oval shape behind their head.]<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran, Kashan. c. 1200\u20131220 CE Fragment of a dish with five heads Fritware, painted in luster over an opaque white glaze Gift of Elinor Lander Horwitz, class of 1950 SC 2016:29-41 This ceramic fragment was likely once part of a large dish or plate. The white discs behind the figures\u2019 heads may imply a royal &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/about-face-islamic-art\/fragment-of-a-bowl-with-three-heads\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fragment of a Dish with Five Heads<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":610,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-292","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/about-face-islamic-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/about-face-islamic-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/about-face-islamic-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/about-face-islamic-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/610"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/about-face-islamic-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/about-face-islamic-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":707,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/about-face-islamic-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/292\/revisions\/707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/about-face-islamic-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}