Jar
16th century or 17th century (made)
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Jar of fritware, with compressed globular body and short neck, painted in blue and outlined with black under a clear glaze. Two lines mark its small neck and its flattened shoulder carries a neat necklace of petals inside a scalloped contour. Four reserve-painted roundels decorate the body, each enclose the comical head of a dragon with long mane. The fillers are lozenges made up of four small leaves or just the one leaf. A double line marks the base. It is flat and has no mark.
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Materials and techniques | Fritware with underglaze painting |
Brief description | Jar, fritware with underglaze painting in blue and black, Iran, 16th or 17th century |
Physical description | Jar of fritware, with compressed globular body and short neck, painted in blue and outlined with black under a clear glaze. Two lines mark its small neck and its flattened shoulder carries a neat necklace of petals inside a scalloped contour. Four reserve-painted roundels decorate the body, each enclose the comical head of a dragon with long mane. The fillers are lozenges made up of four small leaves or just the one leaf. A double line marks the base. It is flat and has no mark. |
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Accession number | 629-1889 |
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Record created | April 8, 2009 |
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