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

Bowl

1600 to 1725 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl, fritware, the exterior carved with flutes beneath a plain band at the rim to which is applied a row of white slip dots in a lozenge of four dots alternating with flowerheads of six dots around a central dot, covered in an opaque turquoise glaze that stops above the footring.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, carved, slip-painted, turquoise glazed
Brief description
Bowl, fritware, with carved flutes and beaded slip border under an opaque turquoise glaze; Iran, 17th or early 18th century.
Physical description
Bowl, fritware, the exterior carved with flutes beneath a plain band at the rim to which is applied a row of white slip dots in a lozenge of four dots alternating with flowerheads of six dots around a central dot, covered in an opaque turquoise glaze that stops above the footring.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.3cm
  • Diameter: 28.9cm
Style
Gallery label
Bowl. 1108-1883.(1954)
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
1108-1883

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Record createdApril 2, 2009
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