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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. 1585-1600 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of fritware, painted in colours with bunches of grapes within a central medallion, surrounded by sprays of flowers; the outer edge is decorated with a border of scroll devices.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed
Brief description
Dish, fritware, polychrome painted after a Chinese prototype with grape bunches, Turkey (Iznik), ca. 1585-1600.
Physical description
Dish of fritware, painted in colours with bunches of grapes within a central medallion, surrounded by sprays of flowers; the outer edge is decorated with a border of scroll devices.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 31.1cm
Style
Production
Label
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Atasoy, Nurhan and Raby, Julian. Iznik. The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey. London: Alexandria Press, 1989, p. 121. No. 187.
Collection
Accession number
268-1892

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Record createdApril 9, 2009
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