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

Dish

ca. 1560-80 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of grey fritware, painted in colours and covered with a clear glaze. Circular, and painted in red and shades of blue and green, with a symmetrical design of hyacinths, tulips and roses surrounding a wreath of smaller roses and other flowers springing from a vase. The rim is painted with groups of spirals, and round the outside are small floral devices.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed
Brief description
Dish of grey fritware, painted in colours on a white slip and covered with a clear glaze, Iznik, second half of 16th century.
Physical description
Dish of grey fritware, painted in colours and covered with a clear glaze. Circular, and painted in red and shades of blue and green, with a symmetrical design of hyacinths, tulips and roses surrounding a wreath of smaller roses and other flowers springing from a vase. The rim is painted with groups of spirals, and round the outside are small floral devices.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 28.9cm
Object history
Bought from the Myers Collection.
Production
register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
760-1900

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Record createdMarch 20, 2009
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