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

Dish

ca. 1575 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of buff fritware painted in blue. In the middle is a circular panel of formal flowers and foliage, surrounded by a border of trefoils and rays. On the flat rim is a border of volutes and foliations.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, underglaze painted in cobalt blue, glazed
Brief description
Dish, fritware painted in blue with foliate quatrefoil design within a rock and wave border, Turkey (Iznik), ca.1575.
Physical description
Dish of buff fritware painted in blue. In the middle is a circular panel of formal flowers and foliage, surrounded by a border of trefoils and rays. On the flat rim is a border of volutes and foliations.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 26.9cm
Credit line
Given by the executors of Lady Marling, CBE
Production
label
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.169-1928

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Record createdApril 9, 2009
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