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

Bottle

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

Bottle of buff-coloured fritware, moulded in relief and covered with a greenish-blue glaze. Depressed bulbous body with a narrow neck contracting upwards, and divided by a ring in relief. The upper part of the body is moulded with a frieze of animals above a band of foliage on a continuous wavy stem with coiled branches.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware painted under the glaze and moulded
Brief description
Bottle of buff-coloured fritware, with depressed bulbous body, moulded in relief and covered with a greenish-blue glaze, Iran, 13th century.
Physical description
Bottle of buff-coloured fritware, moulded in relief and covered with a greenish-blue glaze. Depressed bulbous body with a narrow neck contracting upwards, and divided by a ring in relief. The upper part of the body is moulded with a frieze of animals above a band of foliage on a continuous wavy stem with coiled branches.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.4cm
  • Diameter: 20cm
Production
register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.55-1911

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Record createdMarch 30, 2009
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