Dish thumbnail 1
Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Dish

1650-1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish with brown outer rim, depicting sketchy landscape of leaves and balustrades at the centre, and Kraak panels of flowers and jewelled pendants around the rim, painted in dark blue-black.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware painted in underglaze dark blue-black against white
Brief description
Dish, fritware with underglaze blue-black, with Kraak panels, Iran, 1650-1700
Physical description
Dish with brown outer rim, depicting sketchy landscape of leaves and balustrades at the centre, and Kraak panels of flowers and jewelled pendants around the rim, painted in dark blue-black.
Dimensions
  • Approx. diameter: 17.1cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Character mark (Painted in black on the base)
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Crowe, Yolande. Persia and China. Safavid blue and white ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum 1501-1738. London: Thames & Hudson, 2002. ISBN 0-9538196-1-2
Collection
Accession number
2691D-1876

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Record createdMarch 24, 2009
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