Harvard Art Museums > 2002.50.74: High-Footed Dish with Two Horsemen Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"High-Footed Dish with Two Horsemen , 2002.50.74,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/165494. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2002.50.74 Title High-Footed Dish with Two Horsemen Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 12th-13th century Places Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Kashan Period Seljuk-Atabeg period Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/165494 Physical Descriptions Medium Fritware painted with luster (copper and silver) over white lead alkali glaze opacified with tin Technique Lusterware Dimensions 6.4 x 21.2 cm (2 1/2 x 8 3/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Mansour Gallery, London, 1971], sold; to Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood, Belmont, MA (1971-2002), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2002. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art Accession Year 2002 Object Number 2002.50.74 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Two horsemen face each other from opposite sides of a central, checkered tree. The luster decoration on this bowl is so freely painted that the dotted pattern of the cavaliers’ garments merges with the foliate background. The figural scene is bordered above and below by scalloped segments filled with vertical stripes and, at the bottom, by a frieze of cursory pendants. An angular pseudo-inscription runs around the rim. The figural imagery of this bowl has close affinities with that of minai wares. Its sketchily applied decoration and somewhat confused background details put it into the category of luster ceramics exhibiting the so-called miniature style. The loosely painted scrolls on the outside of this bowl closely resemble the exterior ornamentation of several other luster vessels in the collection. Glaze only partially covers the high foot, one area of which exhibits some blue staining. The bowl has been reassembled from several pieces; its reddish luster has turned greenish in one section. Published Catalogue Text: In Harmony: The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art , written 201330 High-footed dish with two horsemen Iran, Seljuk-Atabeg period, 12th–13th century[1] Fritware painted with luster (copper and silver) over white lead alkali glaze opacified with tin 6.4 × 21.2 cm (2 1/2 × 8 3/8 in.) 2002.50.74 Two horsemen face each other from opposite sides of a central, checkered tree. The luster decoration on this bowl is so freely painted that the dotted pattern of the cavaliers’ garments merges with the foliate background. The figural scene is bordered above and below by scalloped segments filled with vertical stripes and, at the bottom, by a frieze of cursory pendants. An angular pseudo-inscription runs around the rim. The figural imagery of this bowl has close affinities with that of mīnāʾ ī wares. Its sketchily applied decoration and somewhat confused background details put it into the category of luster ceramics exhibiting the so-called miniature style (as do cats. 31 and 32).[2] The loosely painted scrolls on the outside of this bowl closely resemble the exterior ornamentation of several other luster vessels in the collection (cats. 29, 31, and 32).[3] Glaze only partially covers the high foot, one area of which exhibits some blue staining. The bowl has been reassembled from several pieces; its reddish luster has turned greenish in one section. Ayşin Yoltar-Yıldırım [1] The bowl was last fired between 500 and 900 years ago, according to the results of thermoluminescence analysis carried out by Oxford Authentication Ltd. in 2003. [2] See Watson 1985, 68–85, for the use of the term “miniature style” and other examples of Iranian luster ceramics in this category. [3] A bowl of similar size and decoration (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1968-28) is illustrated in Watson 1985, 79, fig. 50. Publication History Holly Salmon, "A Comparative Analysis of Lusterware from the Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, June 2003), Unpublished, pp. 1-54 passim Mary McWilliams, ed., In Harmony: The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2013), p. 159, ill.; p. 189, cat. 30, ill. Exhibition History Closely Focused, Intensely Felt: Selections from the Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/07/2004 - 01/02/2005 In Harmony: The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2013 - 06/01/2013 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. 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