Dish
17th century (made)
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Dish painted in two grey-blues. A brown rim leads to the flange and well with its six Kraak panels busy with long bamboo tubes over emphatic S-shapes, tassels and ribbons. Commas fill the dividers. The central composition includes three flowers and leaves by a Taoist tube with two insects. To one side three leafy branches spring from a strange basket shape. Three S-stems with a plain central leaf and smaller sketchy leaves cover the outside.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, painted |
| Brief description | Fritware dish painted in grey-blue, six Kraak panels with bamboo tubes, tassels and ribbons, central motif of flowers, leaves, a Taoist tube and insects, Safavid, made in Iran, 17th century |
| Physical description | Dish painted in two grey-blues. A brown rim leads to the flange and well with its six Kraak panels busy with long bamboo tubes over emphatic S-shapes, tassels and ribbons. Commas fill the dividers. The central composition includes three flowers and leaves by a Taoist tube with two insects. To one side three leafy branches spring from a strange basket shape. Three S-stems with a plain central leaf and smaller sketchy leaves cover the outside. |
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| Accession number | 2696-1876 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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