Dish
ca. 1275-1400 (made)
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Dish of fritware with transparent deep blue glaze and painted with overglaze red, white and gold. Narrow foot-ring with convex sides, and flattened rim. Inside are four radiating trefoil-headed panels separated by a cross and surrounded by a border, all containing stylised foliage and square patches of leaf gold. Outside are thin radiating white stripes.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware with transparent deep blue glaze and painted with overglaze red, white and gold, known as lajvardina |
| Brief description | Dish of fritware with transparent deep blue glaze and painted with overglaze colours, Iran, ca. 1300. |
| Physical description | Dish of fritware with transparent deep blue glaze and painted with overglaze red, white and gold. Narrow foot-ring with convex sides, and flattened rim. Inside are four radiating trefoil-headed panels separated by a cross and surrounded by a border, all containing stylised foliage and square patches of leaf gold. Outside are thin radiating white stripes. |
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| Accession number | C.52-1955 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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