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

Vase

ca. 1650-1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase for cut-flowers, fritware, of baluster shape with flared nack, the shoulders applied with four trumpet-shaped tubular spouts, painted with a stylized floral design in ruby-coloured lustre over a clear glaze.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, lustre decoration
Brief description
Vase or multi-necked vase for cut flowers, fritware, painted in ruby-coloured lustre over the glaze; Iran, 1650-1700.
Physical description
Vase for cut-flowers, fritware, of baluster shape with flared nack, the shoulders applied with four trumpet-shaped tubular spouts, painted with a stylized floral design in ruby-coloured lustre over a clear glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.6cm
  • Diameter: 13.3cm
Style
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Watson, Oliver. Persian Lustre Ware. London: Faber and Faber, 1985. ISBN 0-571-13235-9. Plate 139, p. 165.
  • Lane, Arthur. Later Islamic Pottery. London: Faber and Faber, 1957. 133p., ill. Pages 73, 102, 103, plate 85A
  • Carey, Moya, Persian Art. Collecting the Arts of Iran for the V&A, London, 2017, p.16.
Collection
Accession number
926-1876

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Record createdNovember 19, 2003
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