MAKE A MEME
View Large Image
| View Original: | Syrian_-_Fritware_Plate_with_a_View_of_a_Religious_Interior_-_Walters_481086_-_Back.jpg (1759x1800) | |||
| Download: | Original | Medium | Small | Thumb |
| Courtesy of: | commons.wikimedia.org | More Like This | ||
| Keywords: Syrian - Fritware Plate with a View of a Religious Interior - Walters 481086 - Back.jpg The potter who decorated this plate chose to depict an architectural interior- possibly a shrine- as if it were a flat façade with domes over the building's three principle units The central niche probably represents a mihrab orienting the building to Mecca The large lamp rendered here in blue is typical of traditional lighting fixtures in mosques and other religious buildings It hangs over a low cross-shaped bookstand intended to hold a copy of the Qur'an The lines of what look like Arabic writing above the stand are not legible and probably were meant to imitate Qur'anic verses century 15 late Medieval fritware with underglaze decoration cm 8 7 32 h x diam accession number 48 1086 36114 Dikran Kelekian Paris and New York Henry Walters Baltimore by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Syria Walters Art Museum license Islamic art in the Walters Art Museum Ceramics from Syria Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
