Dish
1630-60 (made)
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Dish of fritware, painted with qilins and landscape in underglaze blue, and incised ornament round the cavetto, in imitation of Chinese decoration.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware with incised and painted decoration under the glaze |
| Brief description | Dish, fritware, incised rim, the centre underglaze painted in blue and black with a lion pursuing a mythical beast qilin; Iran, 1630-60. |
| Physical description | Dish of fritware, painted with qilins and landscape in underglaze blue, and incised ornament round the cavetto, in imitation of Chinese decoration. |
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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. 41, p. 68. N.B. the accession number is incorrect. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 887-1876 |
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| Record created | March 12, 2009 |
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