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

Dish

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of enamelled buff-coloured fritware, painted in blue and manganese-purple. Circular and painted with a close pattern of symmetrical foliated stems in blue and blue flowers with purple centres. On the lower side of the rim are four swastikas within circles, and on the bottom is a square mark in imitation of a Chinese seal-character in blue.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware painted with enamels
Brief description
Circular dish of enamelled buff-coloured fritware and painted, Uzbekistan, 19th century.
Physical description
Dish of enamelled buff-coloured fritware, painted in blue and manganese-purple. Circular and painted with a close pattern of symmetrical foliated stems in blue and blue flowers with purple centres. On the lower side of the rim are four swastikas within circles, and on the bottom is a square mark in imitation of a Chinese seal-character in blue.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 34.9cm
Style
Gallery label
From Rishtan in the province of Ferghana. 370-1905.(Old 133 G label.)
Production
register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
370-1905

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Record createdMarch 23, 2009
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