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

Ewer

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

Ewer of buff-coloured fritware, moulded in relief and covered with a blue glaze. Pear-shaped body moulded with bulbous embossments with the points directed alternately upwards and downwards, and with a high spreading foot.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware painted under the glaze and moulded
Brief description
Ewer of buff-coloured fritware, pear-shaped body moulded with bulbous embossments and covered with a blue glaze, Iran, 13th century.
Physical description
Ewer of buff-coloured fritware, moulded in relief and covered with a blue glaze. Pear-shaped body moulded with bulbous embossments with the points directed alternately upwards and downwards, and with a high spreading foot.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.2cm
  • Diameter: 16.5cm
Object history
Said to have come from Arak.
Production
register
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.56-1911

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Record createdMarch 30, 2009
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