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Dish

ca. 1650-1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish, painted in dark grey-blue against white, with brown outer rim, reserve-painted floral spray at centre and Kraak panels of Buddhist emblems around the flattened rim.

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, painted in underglaze dark greyish-blue against white
Brief description
Dish, fritware underglaze-painted in dark grey-blue against white, with central floral spray and Kraak panels, Iran, 1650-1700
Physical description
Dish, painted in dark grey-blue against white, with brown outer rim, reserve-painted floral spray at centre and Kraak panels of Buddhist emblems around the flattened rim.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 21.6cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Mark of nine crosses (Painted in black on the base)
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
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
Collection
Accession number
1134-1876

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Record createdMarch 16, 2009
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