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

Dish

ca. 1575 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish, fritware painted in blue slip with radiating foliate sprays. Deep well with a narrow rim sloping out at an angle and with a prominent foot-ring. In the middle is painted a rosette with alternate streak and arrow-shaped petals. Round this is a radiating frieze of chrysanthemums surrounded by feathery leaves and leaning towards the right. The rim is painted with a design of dots and curves on each side of a waving line. The back is unpainted.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, slip-painted in cobalt blue, glazed
Brief description
Dish, fritware, painted in blue slip with radiating foliate sprays, (Turkey) Iznik, ca. 1575.
Physical description
Dish, fritware painted in blue slip with radiating foliate sprays. Deep well with a narrow rim sloping out at an angle and with a prominent foot-ring. In the middle is painted a rosette with alternate streak and arrow-shaped petals. Round this is a radiating frieze of chrysanthemums surrounded by feathery leaves and leaning towards the right. The rim is painted with a design of dots and curves on each side of a waving line. The back is unpainted.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 31.1cm
Converted from the register
Style
Production
place - from the register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.770-1936

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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