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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

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

Dish with brown outer rim, depicting landscape with a goose in a pond by a pine tree and two flying ducks, painted in dark grey against white


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware painted in underglaze dark grey against white
Brief description
Dish, fritware underglaze-painted in dark blue-black, with Kraak panels, Iran, 1650-1700
Physical description
Dish with brown outer rim, depicting landscape with a goose in a pond by a pine tree and two flying ducks, painted in dark grey against white
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 21.6cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • T-shaped character mark. (Painted on the base)
  • 3 spur marks inside the base ring
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
2693-1876

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Record createdMarch 24, 2009
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