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

Jar

second half of 16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jar of bulbous form, fritware; round the body runs a band of leaf-shaped devices on a dark-blue ground, each containing a green flower, and separated by groups of three circles. Round the top is a border of leaf-shaped battlements, and about the bottom is a green striped band.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware with polychrome underglaze painting
Brief description
Jar, fritware with polychrome underglaze painting, Syria (Damascus), second half of 16th century
Physical description
Jar of bulbous form, fritware; round the body runs a band of leaf-shaped devices on a dark-blue ground, each containing a green flower, and separated by groups of three circles. Round the top is a border of leaf-shaped battlements, and about the bottom is a green striped band.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.4cm
  • Diameter: 22.5cm
Production
Label
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Lane, Arthur. Later Islamic Pottery. London: Faber and Faber, 1957. 133p., ill. Page 62, plate 48A
Collection
Accession number
190-1892

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Record createdNovember 18, 2003
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