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

Dish

ca. 1585-1600 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of glazed buff-coloured fritware, painted in red, blue and green with sprays of hyacinths and other flowers. The rim is decorated with groups of olive-green spirals.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed
Brief description
Dish, fritware, painted in colours with hyacinth and other flowers, Turkey (Iznik), ca. 1585-1600.
Physical description
Dish of glazed buff-coloured fritware, painted in red, blue and green with sprays of hyacinths and other flowers. The rim is decorated with groups of olive-green spirals.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 28.9cm
Object history
Purchased in Istanbul in 1897 from Mrs Alice Whitaker, daughter and heir of William Henry Wrench (1836-96). Wrench was British consul in the city when he died, and he had formed a significant collection of Ottoman and Iranian objects while in the consular service. For images of how Wrench displayed his collection in his home in the Pera (Beyoğlu) district of the city, see V&A: PH.331 to 334-1892.
Production
register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
332-1897

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Record createdMarch 11, 2009
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