Dish
1600-1650 (made)
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Fragment of a large dish, cut down to leave only the flat base, depicting a lion in a floral landscape. A small fragment of a bracket frame, typical of Kraak ware, on the right.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, underglaze-painted in blue against white ground, speckled glaze |
| Brief description | Central fragment of a dish, fritware, underglaze-painted in blue against white, depicting a lion in a floral landscape; Iran, 1600-1650 |
| Physical description | Fragment of a large dish, cut down to leave only the flat base, depicting a lion in a floral landscape. A small fragment of a bracket frame, typical of Kraak ware, on the right. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Crowe, Yolande. Persia and China. Safavid blue and white ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum 1501-1738. London: Thames & Hudson, 2002, cat. no. 44, p. 69. |
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| Accession number | 1089-1876 |
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| Record created | June 4, 2009 |
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