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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

ca. 1700-1875 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl of fritware, with compressed globular body tapered to the mouth, and two handles for a cord. Painted in underglaze blue with male and females figures among a dense floral ground.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Bowl, fritware, painted in underglaze blue with courtly figures, Iran, ca. 1700-1875
Physical description
Bowl of fritware, with compressed globular body tapered to the mouth, and two handles for a cord. Painted in underglaze blue with male and females figures among a dense floral ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.8cm
  • Diameter: 15.2cm
Styles
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Lane, Arthur. Later Islamic Pottery. London: Faber and Faber, 1957. 133p., ill. Pages 96-7, plate 72A
Collection
Accession number
519-1878

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Record createdNovember 19, 2003
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