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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

13th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of fritware with decoration painted in blue and black under a clear glaze. Within a border of arabesques is a symmetrical design of two parrots facing one another on either side of a stem with formal lotus flowers.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware with decoration painted under a clear glaze
Brief description
Dish of fritware with decoration painted under a clear glaze, Ar-Raqqah, 13th century.
Physical description
Dish of fritware with decoration painted in blue and black under a clear glaze. Within a border of arabesques is a symmetrical design of two parrots facing one another on either side of a stem with formal lotus flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.1cm
  • Diameter: 26cm
Production
register
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Soustiel, Jean. La céramique islamique. Le guide du connaisseur. Fribourg, Office du Livre, 1985. ISBN 2-8264-0002-9. Pl. 154, p. 134
  • Lane, Arthur. Early Islamic Pottery. London: Faber and Faber, 1947. 52p., ill. Pp. 44-5, plate 79B
Collection
Accession number
C.765-1925

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Record createdNovember 7, 2003
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