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

Plate

1861 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of white fritware, painted in blue under a clear glaze. Painted with a landscape in which are a pagoda, trees and birds flying, within a border of geometrical ornament. Mark consists of an inscription in Arabic characters and the date A.H. 1277 in blue.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware painted under the glaze
Brief description
Plate of white fritware, painted in blue under a clear glaze, Iran, 1861.
Physical description
Plate of white fritware, painted in blue under a clear glaze. Painted with a landscape in which are a pagoda, trees and birds flying, within a border of geometrical ornament. Mark consists of an inscription in Arabic characters and the date A.H. 1277 in blue.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.1cm
Gallery label
PLATE, earthenware, painted in underglaze blue. Signed and dated : "Muhammad Yusuf 1277 (1860 A.D.)" PERSIAN; 1860 C.145-1909(Old 133 G label)
Credit line
Given by C. M. Marling, Esq.
Production
register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.145-1909

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Record createdMarch 25, 2009
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