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

Plate

16th century or 17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of fritware, with flattened rim, painted in underglaze blue with black outline. On the rim a continuous band of rocky islands, pagodas, huts and two sailing boats, repeated three times. Same landscape repeated in the centre, within a six-bracket frame. On the underside, a band with nine panels, each containing five small marks forming a cross; followed by two clusters of elongated leaves with two insect-like dividers. Imitation Chinese square mark in black.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware with underglaze decoration
Brief description
Plate, fritware painted in underglaze blue and black, Iran, 16th or 17th century
Physical description
Plate of fritware, with flattened rim, painted in underglaze blue with black outline. On the rim a continuous band of rocky islands, pagodas, huts and two sailing boats, repeated three times. Same landscape repeated in the centre, within a six-bracket frame. On the underside, a band with nine panels, each containing five small marks forming a cross; followed by two clusters of elongated leaves with two insect-like dividers. Imitation Chinese square mark in black.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 25.7cm
Style
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
1106-1876

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Record createdMarch 16, 2009
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