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

Jar

16th century or 17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.


Object details

Category
Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.3cm
  • Diameter: 7.6cm
  • Base diameter: 4.7cm
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
629-1889

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Record createdApril 8, 2009
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