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Fragment

1180-1220 (made)
Place of origin
Iran (made)

Fragment from the base of a dish or bowl, fritware, glazed and painted in lustre, depicting the head of a woman with a headdress, against a halo, framed by a ground incised with small scrollwork.

Place of Origin


Object details

Object type
Fragment
Parts
This object consists of 9 parts.

  • Fragment
  • Fragment
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  • Fragment
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  • Fragment
Materials and techniques
Fritware, overglaze painted in lustre
Fritware
Lustre-Painted
Brief description
Fragment from a bowl, lustre-painted with a female face; Iran (Kashan), 1180-1220.
Physical description
Fragment from the base of a dish or bowl, fritware, glazed and painted in lustre, depicting the head of a woman with a headdress, against a halo, framed by a ground incised with small scrollwork.

Place of Origin
Content description
Lustre-painted decoration
Style
Seljuk
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Object history
"This series of [11] fragments was brought from Persia, as were [12 fragments, museum number 163-1869], by M. Mechin, who procured them from the ruins of ancient buildings in that country. Those with metallic lustre are from Rhei or Rhages, a ruined city of large size, at about a couple of leagues from Teheran, which was destroyed between five and six hundred years ago" (C. Drury E. Fortnum, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Maiolica, Hispano-Moresco, Persian, Damascus, and Rhodian Wares in the South Kensington Museum (London: HMSO, 1873) p.20).

"Tiles, Bowls, &c. Eleven fragments of various patterns, some lustred. Collected from ancient ruined buildings in Persia. Ancient Persian. Various dimensions. Bought 8l. 625.-'68 (1868 Art Inventory (5) Mechin, Falconer & Rayy)
Bibliographic reference
Moya Carey, Persian Art. Collecting the Arts of Iran for the V&A, London, 2017, p.76.
Collection
Middle East Section
Accession number
625:1-1868

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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