Jar
1640-1680 (made)
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The decoration on this jar combines elements borrowed from Chinese blue and white export porcelain dating from around 1630-40, a period known as the "Transitional period" in recognition of the volatile period of transition from the Ming to the Qing dynasty when production was disrupted by politics, with traditional Islamic arabesque motifs found in bookbinding, manuscripts and textiles. The distinction is emphasised by the use of red slip.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware with underglaze painting blue and red slip |
| Brief description | Jar, fritware, with underglaze painting in blue and red; Iran (Kirman), 1640-80 |
| Physical description | Jar, fritware, in baluster form with short neck, which is painted in cobalt blue with a band of X-shaped crosses in reserve at the neck (compare with 2728-1876) and the foot with triglyph repeats below a band of linked Chinese ruyi or lappets, and the ground scattered with Chinese Transitional period floating islands with Chinese pavilions on rocky outcrops, on the shoulders are four large elliptical panels with escalloped rims painted in red slip with traditional Islamic arabesques and split palmettes. |
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| Summary | The decoration on this jar combines elements borrowed from Chinese blue and white export porcelain dating from around 1630-40, a period known as the "Transitional period" in recognition of the volatile period of transition from the Ming to the Qing dynasty when production was disrupted by politics, with traditional Islamic arabesque motifs found in bookbinding, manuscripts and textiles. The distinction is emphasised by the use of red slip. |
| Bibliographic reference | Lane, Arthur. Later Islamic Pottery. London: Faber and Faber, 1957. 133p., ill. Pages 82-4, plate 59A |
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| Accession number | 391-1884 |
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| Record created | November 19, 2003 |
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