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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

16th century or 17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of fritware, painted in blue with a seated female figure in an interior and a landscape background with trees, balustrades and a moon or a sun. A border of flowers and leafy scrolls round the flange. Imitation Chinese "tassel" mark in blue


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware painted underglaze blue
Brief description
Dish, fritware painted underglaze blue, Iran, 16th century or 17th century
Physical description
Dish of fritware, painted in blue with a seated female figure in an interior and a landscape background with trees, balustrades and a moon or a sun. A border of flowers and leafy scrolls round the flange. Imitation Chinese "tassel" mark in blue
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 26.7cm
Style
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Lane, Arthur. Later Islamic Pottery. London: Faber and Faber, 1957. 133p., ill. Pages 95-6, plate 71B
Collection
Accession number
213-1884

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Record createdNovember 19, 2003
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