Dish

Dateearly-mid-20th century

MediumGlazed earthenware

DimensionsOverall: 4 × 5 7/8 inches (10.16 × 14.92 cm)

Credit LineGift of Shirley and Marshall Spiegel

Object number2025.2.1

On View

Not on view

Collections

Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

Terms

DescriptionThis cloisonné-style dish is a unique, near almond-shape. Each side ends with a curved m-shape. It has an overall pattern of dense stylized foliage, and a bright turquoise-blue background with a white outline around the entire object. There is a central flower of red and white, most likely a stylized pomegranate flower, with smaller buds surrounding it and stems of five red beads.Provenance

Provenance

Shirley Spiegel, Kansas City, MO [1];

Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2024;

NOTES:

[1] This object was a promised gift from Shirley Spiegel to the Nelson-Atkins from 2016 to 2024.

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