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Bottle

Bottle

  • Place of origin:

    Iran (made)

  • Date:

    17th century (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Fritware, relief-moulded, glazed

  • Museum number:

    1339-1876

  • Gallery location:

    Making Ceramics, room 143, case 27, shelf 2

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The shape of this bottle imitates forms found in contemporary glass, while the raised moulded panels find inspiration in contemporary court manuscripts and daily life. The mythical beast, or Qylin, is from Chinese mythology, and often found in Chinese blue and white porcelain. While the lion and lion-tamer were often part of court menageries.

The bottle was press-moulded in a two-piece mould, the seams where the two-parts, join are just visible along the sides.

Physical description

Bottle or flask, coarse fritware, after a glass prototype, of flattened bottle-shape, the long tapering neck terminating in an bulb or garlic-shaped mouth, above a ridged knop, each side moulded in relief, one side depicting a lion-tamer 'walking' his lion on a chain; the other side shows a winged lion and a qilin-like creature, the whole covered in a transparent green glaze.

Place of Origin

Iran (made)

Date

17th century (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Fritware, relief-moulded, glazed

Dimensions

Height: 37.5 cm, Diameter: 22.9 cm

Descriptive line

Cer, Iran, Safavid, Monochrome, Green - Bottle with relief decoration under a green glaze; Iran, 17th century

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Lane, Arthur. Later Islamic Pottery. London: Faber and Faber, 1957. 133p., ill. Pages 71, 109, plate 96

Exhibition History

"Kaffe Fassett at the V&A" (Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings 01/01/1988-31/12/1988)

Materials

Fritware

Techniques

Glazed; Relief

Subjects depicted

Trees; Lion; Figures (representations); Qilin

Categories

Islam; Ceramics

Collection code

MES

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