Dish
1630-60 (made)
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A leafy garland of three chrysanthemums and one lotus in the well surrounds the six bracket open panels enclosing alternate lotuses and chrysanthemums. A similar blue wash reinforces the outline of the panels. Further small waves are enclosed in the free outer space of the brackets. The central small roundel is filled with a peony. Six lotuses in a continuous scroll with spiky leaves and dots decorate the outer well.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, painted in underglaze blue and black |
| Brief description | Dish, fritware, painted in underglaze blue and black with a geometric design having a dense foliate ground after a Chinese original; Iran, 1630-1660. |
| Physical description | A leafy garland of three chrysanthemums and one lotus in the well surrounds the six bracket open panels enclosing alternate lotuses and chrysanthemums. A similar blue wash reinforces the outline of the panels. Further small waves are enclosed in the free outer space of the brackets. The central small roundel is filled with a peony. Six lotuses in a continuous scroll with spiky leaves and dots decorate the outer well. |
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| Historical context | The dense composition and large size of the dish are close to late Yuan (China) models. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Crowe, Yolande, Persia and China: Safavid Blue and White Ceramics in the Victoria & Albert Museum (1501-1738) (London : Thames and Hudson, 2002): cat. no. 9, p. 56. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1140-1876 |
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| Record created | February 28, 2008 |
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