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

Bowl

1625-50 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fritware bowl, in high quality painting. A phoenix or simurgh flies towards a flowery Kraak branch springing from the side of a hillock on which stand three deer. The central one is spotted. Above two large birds fly over a treble balustrade with three lotus finials. A double-stemmed tree with bare branches leads to three small birds frolicking in front of a double-stemmed pine tree under a moon and clouds. And finally three more deer prance on a rock with a large central double peach composition and a minimal balustrade in the background. The inner rim band consists of a series of stylised cash motifs. The well is plain. The central roundel repeats the outer scene with three deer, a balustrade, a flowery kraak stem, two birds in flight, cloud and rock formations with a cascade added to the right. Painted in blue and outlined with black under a clear glaze. Imitation Chinese square mark in black.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware with underglaze painting in blue and black
Brief description
Bowl, fritware painted in underglaze blue and black with deer in a landscape incorporating phoenix after a Chinese original; Iran, 1625-50.
Physical description
Fritware bowl, in high quality painting. A phoenix or simurgh flies towards a flowery Kraak branch springing from the side of a hillock on which stand three deer. The central one is spotted. Above two large birds fly over a treble balustrade with three lotus finials. A double-stemmed tree with bare branches leads to three small birds frolicking in front of a double-stemmed pine tree under a moon and clouds. And finally three more deer prance on a rock with a large central double peach composition and a minimal balustrade in the background. The inner rim band consists of a series of stylised cash motifs. The well is plain. The central roundel repeats the outer scene with three deer, a balustrade, a flowery kraak stem, two birds in flight, cloud and rock formations with a cascade added to the right. Painted in blue and outlined with black under a clear glaze. Imitation Chinese square mark in black.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.6cm
  • Diameter: 36.3cm
  • Width: 36.3cm
Style
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Crowe, Yolande. Persia and China: Safavid blue and white ceramics in the Victoria & Albert Museum 1501-1738. London: Thames and Hudson, 2002, cat. 74, p. 83.
Collection
Accession number
2902-1876

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Record createdMarch 26, 2009
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