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

Dish

1630-60 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Five separate large scrolling S-stems, each with two flowers, decorate the flange. The elegant flowery branch in the well bends over almost full circle from left to right. Further buds and flaming leaves lead to a final flaming leaf. A continuous line of three volutes is sued to set six flowers and leaves around the outer well.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, painted in underglaze blue and black
Brief description
Dish, fritware, painted in underglaze blue and black with stylized peony spray; Iran, 1630-60.
Physical description
Five separate large scrolling S-stems, each with two flowers, decorate the flange. The elegant flowery branch in the well bends over almost full circle from left to right. Further buds and flaming leaves lead to a final flaming leaf. A continuous line of three volutes is sued to set six flowers and leaves around the outer well.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.1cm
  • Width: 45.8cm
Style
Subjects depicted
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
1008-1876

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Record createdFebruary 28, 2008
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