Plate
17th century (made)
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Plate of whitish-grey fritware, painted in dark green and blue on a white slip and covered with a clear glaze. In the middle are conventional flowering plants outlined in dark green on a blue ground in a medallion, which is surrounded by five shaped cartouches containing Arabic inscriptions in reserve and produced by scratching through a dark green ground. The rim is painted with a formal pattern of half-flowers and geometrical bands in blue outlined in dark green. The lower side of the rim is divided by radial lines into six compartments, of which in each is a floral spray. Marked with an imitation of a Chinese character 'tassel' in dark green.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware with <i>sgraffito</i> decoration, painted in underglaze blue and black |
| Brief description | Plate, fritware with sgraffito decoration, painted in underglaze blue and black, Iran, 17th century. |
| Physical description | Plate of whitish-grey fritware, painted in dark green and blue on a white slip and covered with a clear glaze. In the middle are conventional flowering plants outlined in dark green on a blue ground in a medallion, which is surrounded by five shaped cartouches containing Arabic inscriptions in reserve and produced by scratching through a dark green ground. The rim is painted with a formal pattern of half-flowers and geometrical bands in blue outlined in dark green. The lower side of the rim is divided by radial lines into six compartments, of which in each is a floral spray. Marked with an imitation of a Chinese character 'tassel' in dark green. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
| Object history | Shown at the exhibition of Persian and Arab Art at the Burlington Fine Arts Club in 1885. |
| Production | register |
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| Accession number | C.1963-1910 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2009 |
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