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

Jug

13th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug, white fritware, bulbous body with a loop handle, the shoulder shaped into a series of flat medallions, covered with an opaque turquoise-blue glaze and painted in red and gold. The flat medallions, each painted with a rosette and on the shoulder is a frieze of animals among arabesques. The wide neck expands slightly upwards and is decorated with a row of palmettes connected by curved stems below a panelled band. Inside is a strainer in the form of an openwork rosette.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, polychrome inglaze and overglaze painted and gilded on opaque monochrome glaze (mina'i)
Brief description
Jug, fritware, covered with an opaque turquoise-blue glaze and painted in colours (mina'i ware); Iran (probably Kashan), 13th century.
Physical description
Jug, white fritware, bulbous body with a loop handle, the shoulder shaped into a series of flat medallions, covered with an opaque turquoise-blue glaze and painted in red and gold. The flat medallions, each painted with a rosette and on the shoulder is a frieze of animals among arabesques. The wide neck expands slightly upwards and is decorated with a row of palmettes connected by curved stems below a panelled band. Inside is a strainer in the form of an openwork rosette.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.1cm
  • Diameter: 14.6cm
Style
Production
register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.781-1909

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Record createdMarch 26, 2009
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