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

Dish

ca.1565-75 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of fritware painted in colours and covered with a clear glaze. Circular with a deep middle and narrow wavy-edged rim. Painted in colours outlined in olive-green. In the middle are sprays of palmettes, roses, tulips and other flowers springing symmetrically from a turf of foliage. The rim is painted with a design of close spirals broken by irregular reserves, and on the underside are bunches of tulips alternating with rosettes.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed
Brief description
Dish, fritware, painted in colours with hyacinths, blue bells and stylized flowers, Turkey (Iznik), c. 1565-70, Ceramic, Middle Eastern
Physical description
Dish of fritware painted in colours and covered with a clear glaze. Circular with a deep middle and narrow wavy-edged rim. Painted in colours outlined in olive-green. In the middle are sprays of palmettes, roses, tulips and other flowers springing symmetrically from a turf of foliage. The rim is painted with a design of close spirals broken by irregular reserves, and on the underside are bunches of tulips alternating with rosettes.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 30.5cm
Credit line
Salting Bequest
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.2013-1910

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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