Dish
16th century or 17th century (made)
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Dish of fritware, saucer-shape. Blue outside, the inside painted in underglaze blue with a phoenix flying above flowers and rockwork, surrounded by eleven medallions, ten of which containing alternately a floral spray and a fan, the last medallion with a flaming ruyi head. Round the rim is a band of flowers and scrolling foliage. A modified imitation Chinese "tassel" mark in blue.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware painted in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Dish, fritware painted in underglaze blue, Iran, 16th or 17th century |
| Physical description | Dish of fritware, saucer-shape. Blue outside, the inside painted in underglaze blue with a phoenix flying above flowers and rockwork, surrounded by eleven medallions, ten of which containing alternately a floral spray and a fan, the last medallion with a flaming ruyi head. Round the rim is a band of flowers and scrolling foliage. A modified imitation Chinese "tassel" mark in blue. |
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| Gallery label | Jameel Gallery
2 Dish with Phoenix in Landscape
Iran
1600-1650
For this dish, an Iranian potter has reworked Chinese motifs from earlier periods. A large bird with streaming tail-feathers flies over a landscape. The bird is the Chinese fenghuang, usually called a 'phoenix' in English. In Iran it was identified with another mythical bird, the simurgh.
Fritware painted under the glaze
Museum no. 1102-1876
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| Production | Register |
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| Accession number | 1102-1876 |
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| Record created | March 16, 2009 |
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