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Bottle
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Bottle
- Place of origin:
Iran (made)
- Date:
1650-1725 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Fritware, relief-moulded, glazed
- Museum number:
634-1889
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Asia & Europe, room 137, case Y, shelf 2
Physical description
Bottle or flask, earthenware, moulded, of flattened baluster shape with an elongated neck, the sides relief moulded with an ogee shaped panel of a vase with flowers, the bottle covered in an opaque turquoise glaze, the panel outlined in cobalt with yellow details on a maroon ground.
Place of Origin
Iran (made)
Date
1650-1725 (made)
Artist/maker
unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Fritware, relief-moulded, glazed
Dimensions
Height: 30.5 cm conversion, Width: 16.5 cm
Descriptive line
Bottle, fritware, relief-moulded, turquoise glaze with details in cobalt, maroon and yellow; Iran, 1650-1725.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Lane, Arthur. Later Islamic Pottery. London: Faber and Faber, 1957. 133p., ill. Pages 71, 73, 108, plate 92A
Wilkinson, ,Iranian ceramics, Asia House, New York, 1963, Plate 90a.
Exhibition History
'Kaffe Fassett at the V&A', DPD (Victoria and Albert Museum 01/01/1988-31/12/1988)
Labels and date
BOTTLE.
Earthenware with moulded decoration
and coloured glazes.
PERSIAN; 17th century.
634-1889. [1954-]
Materials
Earthenware
Techniques
Glazed; Relief
Subjects depicted
Flowers; Vases
Categories
Ceramics; Earthenware
Collection code
MES
