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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

1600-1650 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of grey fritware, 'Kubachi' type, underglaze-painted in red, yellow, blue and green on white slip. At the centre is a bust portrait of a man in Safavid dress holding a flower spray in his left hand, between two flowering trees. The rim is decorated in blue with panels of diaper pattern alternating with rosettes.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Coarse fritware, underglaze-painted in blue and coloured slips against white slip, clear glaze
Brief description
Dish, fritware with underglaze decoration, depicting a man in Safavid dress holding a flower, 'Kubachi' ware, Isfahan, Iran, 1600-1650
Physical description
Dish of grey fritware, 'Kubachi' type, underglaze-painted in red, yellow, blue and green on white slip. At the centre is a bust portrait of a man in Safavid dress holding a flower spray in his left hand, between two flowering trees. The rim is decorated in blue with panels of diaper pattern alternating with rosettes.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 34.3cm
Styles
Object history
Brought from Daghestan.
Production
register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
919-1904

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Record createdMarch 23, 2009
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