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

Vase

13th century or 14th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of buff-coloured fritware, moulded in relief and covered with a dark-blue glaze. Mounted with two powder-flasks in chased brass with applied silver ornament to form handles. Inverted pear-shaped body, moulded on the shoulder with symmetrical scrollwork, and a wide cylindrical neck vertically fluted. The glaze extends downwards over three-quarters of the surface, the lower portion being left bare. The powder-flasks are encircled round the middle with two double bands of wavy chasing and further encircled with cresting applied in silver.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware painted under the glaze, moulded with decoration and mounted with brass and silver
Brief description
Vase of buff-coloured fritware, moulded in relief and covered with a dark-blue glaze, Iran, 13th century or 14th century.
Physical description
Vase of buff-coloured fritware, moulded in relief and covered with a dark-blue glaze. Mounted with two powder-flasks in chased brass with applied silver ornament to form handles. Inverted pear-shaped body, moulded on the shoulder with symmetrical scrollwork, and a wide cylindrical neck vertically fluted. The glaze extends downwards over three-quarters of the surface, the lower portion being left bare. The powder-flasks are encircled round the middle with two double bands of wavy chasing and further encircled with cresting applied in silver.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.2cm
  • Diameter: 23.8cm
Production
register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.216-1912

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Record createdMarch 30, 2009
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