Bowl
1640-80 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Compare the incised decoration with the large dish in the collection dated 1077AH/1666AD (931-1886).
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware with incised and painted decoration under the glaze |
| Brief description | Bowl, fritware, the exterior with a broad band of incised lotus scrolls and undergaze painted in blue with leaf scrollwork and the interior with a mythical beast or qilin; Iran, 1640-80. |
| Physical description | Bowl of fritware, painted in underglaze blue with flowers and a qilin inside, and flowers together with incised ornament outside. Imitation Chinese square mark in blue. |
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| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Compare the incised decoration with the large dish in the collection dated 1077AH/1666AD (931-1886). |
| 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. 215, p. 142. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 885-1876 |
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| Record created | March 11, 2009 |
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