Footed Platter (1600s): Art, History and Details

Footed Platter (1600s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Emperors Jahangir and Shah Jahan both admired jade. The material linked them to their ancestor Timur, whose tombstone in Samarkand was carved from a large piece of jade. This platter probably would have been used for serving fruit at courtly gatherings.

Object facts

• Title: Footed Platter
• Date: 1600s
• Culture: India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
• Type: Jade
• Technique: nephrite (jade)
• Dimensions: Diameter: 41.1 cm (16 3/16 in.)
• Collection: Indian Art
• Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
• Accession number: 1976.73

A detail from the museum

Jade was believed to be utilitarian because of its mythical ability to counteract poison.

Collection credit

Given in memory of Ambassador R. Henry Norweb

View the collection record

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