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

Flask

1600-50 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bottle or flask, coarse fritware, after a glass prototype, of flattened bottle-shape, the long tapering neck terminating in an bulb or garlic-shaped mouth (reduced in height) above a ridged knop, covered in a transparent green glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, moulded, glazed
Brief description
Flask or bottle, fritware, green glazed; Iran, 17th century.
Physical description
Bottle or flask, coarse fritware, after a glass prototype, of flattened bottle-shape, the long tapering neck terminating in an bulb or garlic-shaped mouth (reduced in height) above a ridged knop, covered in a transparent green glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 34.3cm
  • Diameter: 21.6cm
Style
Collection
Accession number
1337-1876

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Record createdFebruary 16, 2009
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