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

Dish

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish, fritware with decoration in black on a turquoise ground. The interior rim has a border of two lines with dots in between, below this is a wider border of large circles, each has a smaller circle of hatched lines in its centre, these large circles are surrounded by hatched lines, below this two lines with dots in between. In the middle is a roughly painted mark of vertical and horizontal lines.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Glazed fritware with hand painted decoration
Brief description
Dish, fritware, with decoration in black under a turquoise ground; Iran, 19th century
Physical description
Dish, fritware with decoration in black on a turquoise ground. The interior rim has a border of two lines with dots in between, below this is a wider border of large circles, each has a smaller circle of hatched lines in its centre, these large circles are surrounded by hatched lines, below this two lines with dots in between. In the middle is a roughly painted mark of vertical and horizontal lines.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 8.875in
Register
Style
Credit line
Given by J.H. Middleton
Collection
Accession number
1137-1893

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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