Producer unknown to us
Plate
Asia, Uzbekistan, Tashkent
Mid-20th century
Clay, fired, painted, enameled
Wolf-Dieter Seiwert (ethnologist) acquired this plate during a trip to Tashkent
Purchased by the Museum from Inge Seiwert in 1986
WAs 2836
Along with metal plates, such plates made of fired clay were commonly used for meals in Uzbekistan. In the 1980s, they were sold in department stores as well as souvenir shops. Islimi ornaments or cotton blossoms were commonly occurring symbols on these plates. The yellow-brown colors of these plates were mainly typical of Tashkent, Samarkand, and Bukhara.
Wolf-Dieter Seiwert (*1945) had started working at the Leipzig museum in 1973. He was part of a research focus group on pastoral nomadism in the deserts between West Africa and Central Asia. His professional expertise was the Maghreb in North Africa. Before 1989, he traveled to Libya, Mauritania and other countries.
Seiwert acquired this plate in Tashkent.
Frank Usbeck