Dish with Carved Arabic Inscription in Floriated Kufic Reading "al-'izz" ("Glory")

11th century
Not on view
This dish attributed to Iran and similar ones with carved decoration under a turquoise glaze are among the earliest stonepaste manufactured in Syria and in Iran in the second half of the 11th century. The elaborate inscription on this piece shows letters shaped as a trefoil motif or with floriated endings, set against scrolls and medallion-like scrolls. They read, in Arabic, "al-ʿizz", translated as "the glory."

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Object Information
  • Title: Dish with Carved Arabic Inscription in Floriated Kufic Reading "al-'izz" ("Glory")
  • Date: 11th century
  • Geography: Attributed to Iran
  • Medium: Stonepaste; carved and glazed
  • Dimensions: H. 2 1/8 (5.4 cm)
    Diam. 12 in. (30.5 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Horace Havemeyer, 1929
  • Object Number: 29.160.8
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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