Cleveland Museum of Art

Luster Dish with Seated Prince

Date

1170–1220

Medium

fritware with luster-painted design

Culture

Iran, Kashan, Seljuq period of Iran (1037–1194)

Department

Islamic Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Along with Basra in Iraq and Fustat (Old Cairo) in Egypt, Kashan served as a hub of Islamic ceramic production in northern Iran. This dish was likely produced in one of its workshops and is admired for its rare blue glaze design on a luster ground. Rulers and other court officials are commonly depicted on lusterware of this period. Around the dish's edge is a frieze of birds against an arabesque field.

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