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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 buff-coloured fritware, 'Kubachi' type, underglaze-painted in red, blue, green, yellow and green on white slip, featuring a woodland scene with cypress-tree, two birds and flowering trees and plants. The rim is decorated with panels of scale pattern.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware with underglaze decoration, painted on white slip
Brief description
Dish, fritware with underglaze decoration, depicting trees and flowers, 'Kubachi' ware, Isfahan, Iran, 1600-1650
Physical description
Dish of buff-coloured fritware, 'Kubachi' type, underglaze-painted in red, blue, green, yellow and green on white slip, featuring a woodland scene with cypress-tree, two birds and flowering trees and plants. The rim is decorated with panels of scale pattern.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 34.3cm
Styles
Object history
Brought from Daghestan.
Production
register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
561-1905

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Record createdMarch 24, 2009
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