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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

second half 16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of fritware, painted in the centre with four ogee-shaped compartments on a green imbricated ground; on the flat rim are leaf-shaped devices in white and scroll-forms on a dark blue ground. At the back is a border of floral scrolls in black.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware with polychrome underglaze painting
Brief description
Dish, fritware with polychrome underglaze painting, Syria (Damascus), second half of 16th century
Physical description
Dish of fritware, painted in the centre with four ogee-shaped compartments on a green imbricated ground; on the flat rim are leaf-shaped devices in white and scroll-forms on a dark blue ground. At the back is a border of floral scrolls in black.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 32.4cm
Gallery label
Dish. From Damascus. 189-1892(1954-2005)
Production
Label
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
189-1892

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Record createdApril 9, 2009
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