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

Dish

1640-70 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of fritware, painted in underglaze blue with birds, flowers and scale pattern, and incised pattern round the cavetto. Four imitation Chinese "tassel" marks in blue.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware with incised and underglaze painted decoration.
Brief description
Dish, fritwar, incised and underglaze painted in blue with a geometric design incorporating waves and cranes; Iran, 1640-70.
Physical description
Dish of fritware, painted in underglaze blue with birds, flowers and scale pattern, and incised pattern round the cavetto. Four imitation Chinese "tassel" marks in blue.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 43.2cm
Style
Gallery label
Dish Four imitationChinese "tassel" marks in blue. 891-1876(1954)
Production
Register
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. 166, p. 124.
Collection
Accession number
891-1876

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Record createdMarch 12, 2009
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