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

Jug

1175-1200 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lustreware jug with large simple arabesques.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
White earthenware, painted in lustre
Brief description
Lustreware jug with large simple arabesques, Iran (Kashan), last quarter of the 12th century.
Physical description
Lustreware jug with large simple arabesques.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.5cm
Style
Gallery label
BOWL White earthenware painted in lustre. PERSIAN (RAYY); late 12th or early 13th century. Given by the executors of Lady Marling, C.B.E.(Old gallery label)
Credit line
Given by the executors of Lady Marling CBE
Production
Formerly thought to have been made at Rayy.
Bibliographic references
  • The Arts of Islam, Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Hayward Gallery, 8 April - 4 July, 1976, The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1976. 396p., ill. ISBN 0 7287 0081 6 paper bound, 07287 0080 8 cloth bound. Catalogue entry 348, p. 245
  • Lane, A. Early Islamic Pottery, London, 1947. 52p., ill. Pages 37-38, pl. 56a
  • Watson, Oliver. Persian Lustre Ware. London: Faber and Faber, 1985. ISBN 0-571-13235-9. Pl. 25, pp. 45, 67
Collection
Accession number
C.186-1928

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Record createdNovember 4, 2003
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