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

Panel

late 18th century or early 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Panel of brown earthenware painted in colours on a white slip. In the middle are two birds perched on a bouquet of flowers enclosed within a shaped compartment and surrounded by symmetrical scrollwork in yellow and turquoise-blue from which branch sprays of flowers on a dark-blue ground. Along the top and bottom are borders of floral arabesques on a yellow ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware painted in colours on a white slip
Brief description
Panel of brown earthenware painted in colours on a white slip, Iran, late 18th century or early 19th century
Physical description
Panel of brown earthenware painted in colours on a white slip. In the middle are two birds perched on a bouquet of flowers enclosed within a shaped compartment and surrounded by symmetrical scrollwork in yellow and turquoise-blue from which branch sprays of flowers on a dark-blue ground. Along the top and bottom are borders of floral arabesques on a yellow ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101cm
  • Width: 49.5cm
Credit line
Given by Mrs Telfer
Production
From the mosque of the fortress at Erivan, Armenia.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.103-1910

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Record createdSeptember 28, 1998
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