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Ceramic dish with deer, phoenix, and lotus blossoms
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About this work
The design of a flying phoenix on the rim was frequently represented on vessels and tilework of this period. The motif was derived from China, most likely transmitted on prestigious silk textiles.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineCeramic dish with deer, phoenix, and lotus blossoms, 1300–1350. Iran, probably Sultanabad, Ilkhanid period (1256–1353). Fritware with underglaze-painted design, Sultanabad ware; overall: 7 x 32.6 cm (2 3/4 x 12 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1924.742
