Bottle
1650-1700 (made)
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Bottle of whitish-grey fritware, painted in dark olive-green outline and blue. Bulbous body with a long tapering neck. The body is painted with three partridges among conventional flowers in reserve on a blue ground. The neck is decorated with floral sprays below a formal border. Marked with a star in blue.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Fritware, underglaze painted in blue and black |
| Brief description | Bottle, fritware, bulbous body with a long tapering neck, painted in underglaze blue and black with partridges; Iran, 1650-1700. |
| Physical description | Bottle of whitish-grey fritware, painted in dark olive-green outline and blue. Bulbous body with a long tapering neck. The body is painted with three partridges among conventional flowers in reserve on a blue ground. The neck is decorated with floral sprays below a formal border. Marked with a star in blue. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
| Object history | Formerly in the collection of Mr Wickham Flower. Shown at the exhibition of Persian and Arab Art at the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1885. Sold at Christie's sale in December 1904. |
| Production | register |
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| Bibliographic reference | Crowe, Yolande. Persia and China. Safavid ceramics in the V&A, 1501-1738. London: Thames & Hudson, 2002. Page 148, cat. no. 226. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.1959-1910 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2009 |
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