Bowl
1808 (made)
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Bowl of buff-coloured fritware, painted with blue on a white slip and covered with a clear glaze. The sides are further decorated with pierced designs of four peacocks in pairs alternating with trees, which are filled in with a transparent glaze, and the intervening spaces are painted with close spirals. Inside on the bottom is a landscape.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Fritware with underglaze decoration, painted over white slip and pierced |
Brief description | Bowl of buff-coloured fritware, painted with blue on a white slip and covered with a clear glaze, Iran, 1808. |
Physical description | Bowl of buff-coloured fritware, painted with blue on a white slip and covered with a clear glaze. The sides are further decorated with pierced designs of four peacocks in pairs alternating with trees, which are filled in with a transparent glaze, and the intervening spaces are painted with close spirals. Inside on the bottom is a landscape. |
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Credit line | Given by Sir Charles Marling |
Production | register |
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Accession number | 209-1906 |
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Record created | March 24, 2009 |
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