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

Bowl

1870-1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl of grey fritware, covered with a clear glaze over a white slip and painted in yellow copper lustre. Inside on the bottom, is a medallion enclosing a bird amid flowers, and round the rim is a conventional border. The outside is painted with vertical panels enclosing alternately a cock or a gazelle and separated by a floral spray.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, white slip, lustre decoration
Brief description
Bowl of grey fritware, covered with a clear glaze over a white slip and painted in yellow copper lustre, Iran (Ispahan), late 19th century.
Physical description
Bowl of grey fritware, covered with a clear glaze over a white slip and painted in yellow copper lustre. Inside on the bottom, is a medallion enclosing a bird amid flowers, and round the rim is a conventional border. The outside is painted with vertical panels enclosing alternately a cock or a gazelle and separated by a floral spray.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.6cm
  • Diameter: 16.2cm
Style
Gallery label
BOWL, earthenware, with decoration in lustre. PERSIAN (Isfahan); late 19th century C.1331-1904(Old 133 G label)
Production
register
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Watson, Oliver. Persian Lustre Ware. London: Faber and Faber, 1985. ISBN 0-571-13235-9. Plate 145, p. 175
Collection
Accession number
1331-1904

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Record createdNovember 19, 2003
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