Dish
ca. 1650-1700 (made)
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The designs on Safavid lustreware are purely Iranian, and owe little to Chinese inspiration, unlike many of the underglaze blue painted wares. The lustre technique was revived in the second half of the seventeenth century, having been invented in the 9th cenury in Abbasid Iraq. However, the designs are not historical, but are often found in contemporary manuscript illuminations, some of which date from about 1675.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, underglaze and lustre decoration |
| Brief description | Dish, fritware, interior with cobalt blue ground, glazed and painted with ruby-coloured lustre decoration; Iran, 1650-1700. |
| Physical description | Dish, fritware, of saucer shape, interior with cobalt blue ground, glazed, overglaze painted in metallic ruby lustre with flowers and birds. |
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| Summary | The designs on Safavid lustreware are purely Iranian, and owe little to Chinese inspiration, unlike many of the underglaze blue painted wares. The lustre technique was revived in the second half of the seventeenth century, having been invented in the 9th cenury in Abbasid Iraq. However, the designs are not historical, but are often found in contemporary manuscript illuminations, some of which date from about 1675. |
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| Accession number | 558-1889 |
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| Record created | April 7, 2009 |
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