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

Bowl

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

Bowl of fritware, painted in blue and black under a transparent glaze. The interior base decorated with floral scrolls in white on a blue and black ground. A blue border with pairs of narrow vertical lines in black adorns the rim, and below it, is a band of white with Arabic inscriptions. The exterior with a blue border of a white stylised inscription around the rim.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware painted in blue and black under a transparent glaze
Brief description
Bowl of fritware, with decoration in blue and black ground under a transparent glaze, Iran (Kashan), early 13th century.
Physical description
Bowl of fritware, painted in blue and black under a transparent glaze. The interior base decorated with floral scrolls in white on a blue and black ground. A blue border with pairs of narrow vertical lines in black adorns the rim, and below it, is a band of white with Arabic inscriptions. The exterior with a blue border of a white stylised inscription around the rim.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.8cm
  • Diameter: 20.3cm
Dimensions are taken from register.
Styles
Gallery label
Bowl. Siad to have been found at Khar. Given by Mr. V. Wethered.
Object history
Purchased from the owner for £5 of Mr. George P.Churchill, of the British Legation, Tehran. No.68 of a collection received of the Museum from Tehran, 29.vii.1917.
Historical context
This object belongs to a series of objects that were purchased from Mr. George P.Churchill, of the British Legation, at Tehran and then given to the V&A by Mr. V. Wethered. 76. to 82.-1918.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Lane, Arthur. Early Islamic Pottery. London: Faber and Faber, 1947. 52p., ill. p. 45, plate 87B
Collection
Accession number
C.79-1918

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Record createdNovember 18, 2003
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