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

Bowl

1780-1825 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl, fritware, painted in a colourful palette of enamels after Chinese originals in the neoclassical style for the Western market, having a broad band of blue honeysuckles and pink roses against a yellow ground, above a narrow brown band of arrow heads, above bold floral medallions.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, painted in polychrome enamels
Brief description
Bowl, fritware, painted in a colourful palette of enamels after Chinese originals in the neoclassical style for the European market, Qajar, Iran, 1780-1825.
Physical description
Bowl, fritware, painted in a colourful palette of enamels after Chinese originals in the neoclassical style for the Western market, having a broad band of blue honeysuckles and pink roses against a yellow ground, above a narrow brown band of arrow heads, above bold floral medallions.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 25.5cm
Style
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
HMC.342

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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