Not currently on display at the V&A

Bowl

1874 (made)

Soapstone Persian 19th cent 1874


Object details

Object type
Bowl
Brief description
Soapstone Persian 19th cent 1874
Dimensions
  • Height: 8cm
  • Diameter: 24.5cm
Object history
In 1875, Robert Murdoch Smith purchased a group of eighteen carved stone objects from Mashhad on behalf of the Museum, describing them as "modern articles made at Meshed of a kind of bluish soapstone found in the neighbourhood" (V&A Archive).
Collection
Middle East Section
Accession number
1079-1875

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O402534/bowl/
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