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

Dish

1640-60 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of fritware, painted in two shades of blue with black outline under a clear glaze. Decorated in the central medallion with landscapes framed by scrollwork, and a border with repeated landscape design round the flattened rim. Imitation Chinese square mark in black.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware with underglaze painting
Brief description
Dish, fritware, painted in underglaze blue and black, Iran, 1640-60.
Physical description
Dish of fritware, painted in two shades of blue with black outline under a clear glaze. Decorated in the central medallion with landscapes framed by scrollwork, and a border with repeated landscape design round the flattened rim. Imitation Chinese square mark in black.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.5cm
  • Diameter: 46.5cm
  • Base diameter: 24.9cm
Style
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Lane, Arthur. Later Islamic Pottery. London: Faber and Faber, 1957. 133p., ill. Pages 73, 98-99, plate 77B
Collection
Accession number
453-1878

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Record createdNovember 19, 2003
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