Plate with architectural design and inscriptions
Place of OriginIran
Date1878
PeriodQajar period (1794-1925)
CultureIslam
MaterialsFritware; blue and white underglaze painted deocration
DimensionsH. 2 1/4 in x Diam. 11 5/8 in; H. 5.5 cm x Diam. 29.5 cm
Credit LineGift of M. Larry Ottis, M.D.
Object numberF2009.17.16
DepartmentWest Asian Art
ClassificationsCeramics
On View
Not on viewInscribedOn front: "Gift of his Excellency Nawab Amjad ad-daulah Hashmat ad-daulah on whom [...] AH 1295/1878 CE" (Note that the inscription is upside down relative to the landscape.)
On bottom of base: "Work of Ali AH 1295/1878 CE"
Transcription: Front: "peeshkash huzoor mubarak nawab mustataab ashraf amjad dala [?] hashmat ad-daulah al-alaihe al-aliya roohe fara. 1295". Back: "`Amal Ali 1295". The inscription mostly comprises several honorific titles. Q. Adamjee, July 16, 2009
1900-1901
perhaps 1675-1700
perhaps 1700-1800
approx. 1300-1325
approx. 1880-1920
approx. 1850-1900
approx. 1220-1230
probably 1852-1853
approx. 1200-1300
approx. 1200-1250
1640-1670