Dish
ca. 1700 (made)
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There are a number of dishes painted with Nazaret, a name attributed to khawaje Nazar (d.1636 [Kurdian]), who was the head of the Armenian community in New Julfa, or a descendent. The pattern was based on a Chinese prototype, which is often associated with the Islamic market, but examples have been found in the Americas and elsewhere.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, painted and glazed |
| Brief description | Dish, fritware, painted in underglaze blue with the 'Aster pattern' after a Chinese pattern, the centre incorporating an Armenian merchant's monogram, Iran, ca. 1700 |
| Physical description | Dish, fritware. The dish has a small flange with a bands of hatchings grouped in alternating directions. Eighteen panels with asters at the end of stems with parallel leaves, surround a band of sketchy scales. An Armenian monogram, painted within the band, can be read as Nazaret. A very loose scroll of nodescript flowers and tadpole leaves surround the outside with a plain white band above the base ring There is no mark. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (There are a number of dishes painted with Nazaret, a name attributed to khawaje Nazar, the head of the Armenian community in New Julfa, who died in 1636 [Kurdian], or a descendent.)
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| Object history | Historical significance: Thus dish is part of a small group of wares commisioned by or for members of the Armenian community living in New Julfa, outside Isfahan. |
| Summary | There are a number of dishes painted with Nazaret, a name attributed to khawaje Nazar (d.1636 [Kurdian]), who was the head of the Armenian community in New Julfa, or a descendent. The pattern was based on a Chinese prototype, which is often associated with the Islamic market, but examples have been found in the Americas and elsewhere. |
| Bibliographic reference | Y. Crowe, Persia and China. Safavid Blue and White Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum 1501-1738, London, Thames & Hudson, 2002, p.240; no. 423. |
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| Accession number | 2715-1876 |
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| Record created | September 29, 1998 |
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