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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Plate

1600-1650 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate, tin-glazed earthenware, decorated with tulip and carnation patterns.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Plate, tin-glazed earthenware, decorated with floral patterns, made in Padua, 1600-50
Physical description
Plate, tin-glazed earthenware, decorated with tulip and carnation patterns.
Object history
Purchased, Delange, Paris.
The tulip and carnation patterns on imported Iznik ceramics from Turkey had considerable influence on European ceramic decoration. This is an exceptionally close imitation, although the potter has not been able to match the brilliant blues and red of the original.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
2598-1856

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Record createdJune 28, 2005
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