Dish
13th century (made)
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Dish of buff fritware decorated in relief, painted in colours and gilded over a cream-coloured enamel, and with a small foot. On the outside are ten pierced bosses. Painted inside, partly over low relief decorations, with red painted lines with a four-sided device composed of scrolls in dark blue with turquoise corners from which radiate four T-shaped devices composed of dark blue arabesques. Between the arabesques are four leaf-shaped compartments coloured turquoise-blue. Outside are arabesques in dark blue with red lines partly over low-relief.
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Materials and techniques | Fritware decorated in relief and pierced, painted and gilded over enamel |
Brief description | Dish of buff fritware, with a small foot, decorated in relief, painted in colours and gilded over enamel, Iran, 13th century. |
Physical description | Dish of buff fritware decorated in relief, painted in colours and gilded over a cream-coloured enamel, and with a small foot. On the outside are ten pierced bosses. Painted inside, partly over low relief decorations, with red painted lines with a four-sided device composed of scrolls in dark blue with turquoise corners from which radiate four T-shaped devices composed of dark blue arabesques. Between the arabesques are four leaf-shaped compartments coloured turquoise-blue. Outside are arabesques in dark blue with red lines partly over low-relief. |
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Accession number | C.534-1921 |
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Record created | April 3, 2009 |
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