Dish with Two Fighting Lions

Unknown

ca. 1635 · Stonepaste; incised and painted under transparent glaze · Islamic Art

In the second quarter of the seventeenth century, Chinese blue-and-white porcelain production decreased and Iranian potters stepped up manufacture of Chinese-inspired blue-and-white ceramics. The two lions, the swirling fleshy clouds with their vegetal appearance, and the repeating scroll all allude to blue-and-white Chinese export ware.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1635

Medium

Stonepaste; incised and painted under transparent glaze

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1924