San Diego Museum of Art - Tile (with seated figure)

☰ Open Filter >>

Middle East

Showing 1 of 1

Print this page

Additional Images Click an image to view a larger version

Bookmark: https://collection.sdmart.org/objects-1/info/21248

Tile (with seated figure)

Creation date: dated 1204

Creation place: Iran

Other Information

Type: Ceramic Tile

Medium and Support: Stonepaste, with overglaze luster decoration

Credit Line: Gift of the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

Accession Number: 2006.229

State/Province: Isfahan Province

Dimensions: 5 13/16 in. x 5 in. x 3/8 in. (14.76 cm x 12.7 cm x 0.95 cm)

Currently on view

Provenance

Mutiaux, Paris, France ( - )

C.D. Kelekian, New York, New York ( - June 1974)

Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California (June 1974 - November 2, 2006)

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California (November 2, 2006 - )

Label Copy

04/17/17 Diana Chou
The city of Kashan was an important center for luster ceramic production. Objects from this area are characterized by scrawling inscriptions, usually Persian poetry, and figures with moon-shaped faces similar to those in contemporary book illustration. The courtly figure on this tile is similar to the ones on the bronze bowl nearby.
Last Updated: 4/17/2017

Exhibition

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Tastes in Asian Art Rotation , 5/28/2005 - 11/6/2005

Persian Art , 11/23/2013 - 6/8/2014

Persian Art , 6/16/2014 - 12/14/2014

Persian Art , 12/20/2014 - 00/00/00

Arts of Iran The San Diego Museum of Art , 1/20/2017 - 00/00/00

Portfolio List Click a portfolio name to view all the objects in that portfolio

This object is a member of the following portfolios:

Middle East

Submit a question or comment about this object

Showing 1 of 1

Your current search criteria is: Portfolio is " Middle East" and [Object]Period/Reign is "Seljuk period ".