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Ceramic dish with deer, phoenix, and lotus blossoms

Date: 1300–1350
Medium: Fritware with underglaze-painted design, Sultanabad ware
Culture: Iran, probably Sultanabad, Ilkhanid period (1256–1353)
Department: Islamic Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 106697

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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. Fritware is made of ground quartz, glass frit (partially fused glass), and a small proportion of fine white clay to approximate the light color and weight of Chinese porcelain.

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Credit line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance: ?–1924: Mrs. Chauncey J. [Mary A. I. Mitchell] Blair [1856–1940], Chicago, IL, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1924–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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