Dish
second half of 17th century (made)
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Dish of whitish-grey fritware, painted in black outline, blue and olive-green on a white slip and covered with a glaze. Part of the design is executed by scratching through the ground colour. Circular with a wavy edge. In the middle, in reserve on a blue ground, are four pairs of deer amid flowering plants. In the hollow of the rim is a wide band of arabesques scratched through and olive-green ground. The rim has a floral border reserved on a blue ground and edged with wavy bands in green and blue. The lower side of the rim is painted with a crane and sprays of flowers and foliage. Marked with three imitations of Chinese characters and the signature of the maker 'Hajji Muhammad' in black.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware with underglaze decoration and painted over white slip |
| Brief description | Dish of whitish-grey fritware, painted on a white slip and covered with a glaze, Iran, second half of 17th century. |
| Physical description | Dish of whitish-grey fritware, painted in black outline, blue and olive-green on a white slip and covered with a glaze. Part of the design is executed by scratching through the ground colour. Circular with a wavy edge. In the middle, in reserve on a blue ground, are four pairs of deer amid flowering plants. In the hollow of the rim is a wide band of arabesques scratched through and olive-green ground. The rim has a floral border reserved on a blue ground and edged with wavy bands in green and blue. The lower side of the rim is painted with a crane and sprays of flowers and foliage. Marked with three imitations of Chinese characters and the signature of the maker 'Hajji Muhammad' in black. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
| Production | register |
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| Bibliographic reference | Lane, Arthur. Later Islamic Pottery. London : Faber & Faber, 1957. 100, 118 pp. pl.81B. |
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| Accession number | C.1974-1910 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2009 |
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