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

Bottle

1630-60 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bottle of fritware, painted in cobalt blue and outlined in black under a clear glaze. Two elongated floral sprays with long crossed leaves decorate the tall neck which ends in a small vase shape. A band of reciprocal leaves sits on the shoulder above a band of linked ruyi heads. Five large palmettes perhaps recalling some heraldic design, decorate the body. Each contains an artemesia leaf, a pair of tassels and ribbons, and a ruyi head. Pairs of triangular ruyi heads and their finials fill the intervals. Overlapping round panels line the lower part of the tall bottle. There is a tendency for the cobalt to run, the glaze falls short of the foot ring and there is no mark.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, underglaze painted in blue
Brief description
Bottle, fritware, with knopped neck, painted in underglaze blue and black, with Kraak-style panels; Iran, 1630-60.
Physical description
Bottle of fritware, painted in cobalt blue and outlined in black under a clear glaze. Two elongated floral sprays with long crossed leaves decorate the tall neck which ends in a small vase shape. A band of reciprocal leaves sits on the shoulder above a band of linked ruyi heads. Five large palmettes perhaps recalling some heraldic design, decorate the body. Each contains an artemesia leaf, a pair of tassels and ribbons, and a ruyi head. Pairs of triangular ruyi heads and their finials fill the intervals. Overlapping round panels line the lower part of the tall bottle. There is a tendency for the cobalt to run, the glaze falls short of the foot ring and there is no mark.
Dimensions
  • Height: 44.7cm
  • Diameter: 23.1cm
Style
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Crowe, Yolande. Persia and China: Safavid blue and white ceramics in the Victoria & Albert Museum 1501-1738. London: Thames and Hudson, 2002, Cat. 87, p. 89.
Collection
Accession number
2497-1876

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Record createdMarch 23, 2009
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