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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Dish

400 AD - 600 AD (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Glazed composition plate with narrow rim. The centre contains an antelope on a background of foliage. This central image is surrounded by two concentric line borders and then a wave-form pattern. The decoration has been incised and painted with manganese, on a white ground; the rim and underside have been glazed in turquoise.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Glazed composition, incised, painted and glazed
Brief description
Glazed composition dish with gazelle, Egypt, possibly Memphis, Roman Period
Physical description
Glazed composition plate with narrow rim. The centre contains an antelope on a background of foliage. This central image is surrounded by two concentric line borders and then a wave-form pattern. The decoration has been incised and painted with manganese, on a white ground; the rim and underside have been glazed in turquoise.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22cm (Note: Dimension taken from Wallis' catalogue of the MacGregor collection (see references).)
Styles
Object history
This piece initially formed part of the ancient Egyptian collection owned by Reverend William MacGregor; the collection was painted and published by the painter Henry Wallis in 1898. Although most of MacGregor's collection was put up for sale at Sotheby's, from June 26th – July 6th 1922, this piece was not included in the sale. It was then in the collection of Wallis, and so it must have been given to or bought by him from Macgregor some time between 1898 and 1922. The dish found its way into the collection of the Paris based dealer Georges Tabbagh, from whom the V&A purchased it in 1926.
Associations
Bibliographic references
  • Burlington Fine Arts Club, Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Art of Ancient Egypt (London: Burlington Club, 1895), 111 No. 3
  • H. Wallis, Egyptian Ceramic Art: The MacGregor Collection (London: B. Quaritch, 1898), Pl. 25
  • A. Lane, Early Islamic Pottery (London: Faber and Faber, 1947), 8, plate 2B
Collection
Accession number
C.208-1926

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Record createdNovember 18, 2003
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