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

Dish

1865-6 AD (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate or dish, fritware, painted in underglaze blue with flowers in the centre, and inside the rim washed with brown slip with incised (sgraffiato) pattern showing a white ground, a similar border design in underglaze blue, covered in a clear glaze.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, incised (sgraffiato), underglaze painted
Brief description
Dish, fritware, the rim covered with a wide brown-slip border, incised with a foliated scrollwork border, and the inner rim with a similar band in underglaze blue, centering a bouquet and inscribed with a date and the name 'Muhammad Nasr'; Iran, 1281 A.H. / 1865-6 A.D.
Physical description
Plate or dish, fritware, painted in underglaze blue with flowers in the centre, and inside the rim washed with brown slip with incised (sgraffiato) pattern showing a white ground, a similar border design in underglaze blue, covered in a clear glaze.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 25.1cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'aml Muhammad Nasr 1281 (1) Signature; Persian; base; 1281H)
Translation
Work of Muhammad Nasr 1281H
Production
1281H
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Lane, Arthur. Later Islamic Pottery. London: Faber and Faber, 1957. 133p., ill. Pages 101, 107, plate 91A
Collection
Accession number
868-1876

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Record createdApril 13, 2002
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