Dish
ca. 1650-1700 (made)
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Dish painted in greyish-blue against white, depicting a lion in front of a pine tree, with clouds and insects. The grisaille palette was a typical late Safavid style.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, painted in underglaze grey-blue against white |
| Brief description | Dish, fritware underglaze-painted in grey-blue against white, depicting a lion by a pine tree, Iran, 1650-1700 |
| Physical description | Dish painted in greyish-blue against white, depicting a lion in front of a pine tree, with clouds and insects. The grisaille palette was a typical late Safavid style. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Character mark (Painted in black on the base) |
| Production | Register |
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| Bibliographic reference | Crowe, Yolande. Persia and China. Safavid blue and white ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum 1501-1738. London: Thames & Hudson, 2002. ISBN 0-9538196-1-2 |
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| Accession number | 1115-1876 |
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| Record created | March 16, 2009 |
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