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

Jug

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

Jug, fritware, of slightly tapering cylindrical form with angled neck forming the spout, loop handle, with applied sprig-moulded bands of lozenges and quatrefoils within 'cabled' lines around the mouth and the base, covered in a opaque green flambé-like glaze, with details including a blossoming plant in gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, relief moulded, glazed and gilded
Brief description
Cer, Iran, Safavid, Monochrome, Green - Jug, fritware, cylindrical, covered with a green monochrome glaze, and gilded; Iran, 17th century.
Physical description
Jug, fritware, of slightly tapering cylindrical form with angled neck forming the spout, loop handle, with applied sprig-moulded bands of lozenges and quatrefoils within 'cabled' lines around the mouth and the base, covered in a opaque green flambé-like glaze, with details including a blossoming plant in gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.6cm
  • Diameter: 11.4cm
Style
Gallery label
Jug. 526-1878.(1954-)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Lane, Arthur. Later Islamic Pottery. London: Faber and Faber, 1957. 133p., ill. Pages 71, 108, plate 93B
Collection
Accession number
526-1878

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Record createdNovember 19, 2003
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