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

Dish

ca. 1600 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of grey fritware, of the 'Kubachi' type, painted in colours on a white slip and covered with a clear glaze. Circular and painted on the inside in red, yellow, blue and greenish-blue, outlined in olive-green, and with four floral medallions connected by two interlacing yellow bands and with four conventional flowers in the interspaces. Round the rim is a chain pattern border.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware with underglaze decoration and painted over white slip
Brief description
Circular dish of grey fritware, of the 'Kubachi' type, painted in colours on a white slip and covered with glaze, Iran, ca. 1600.
Physical description
Dish of grey fritware, of the 'Kubachi' type, painted in colours on a white slip and covered with a clear glaze. Circular and painted on the inside in red, yellow, blue and greenish-blue, outlined in olive-green, and with four floral medallions connected by two interlacing yellow bands and with four conventional flowers in the interspaces. Round the rim is a chain pattern border.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 33.7cm
Object history
Brought from Daghestan.
Production
register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
819-1904

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Record createdMarch 23, 2009
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