Dish
1650-1750 (made)
| Place of origin |
Shallow, extended octagonal dish or tray, with floral designs incorporating figures of animals, surrounded by a border of scrolling arabesques.
The presence of mopa mopa resin was identified by FTIR, November 2021 (Bhavesh Shah, Preventative Conservation and Data Scientist).
The presence of mopa mopa resin was identified by FTIR, November 2021 (Bhavesh Shah, Preventative Conservation and Data Scientist).
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Wood, with <i>barniz de Pasto</i> decoration |
| Brief description | Octagonal dish or tray with barniz de Pasto decoration, Viceroyalty of Peru, c1650-1750 |
| Physical description | Shallow, extended octagonal dish or tray, with floral designs incorporating figures of animals, surrounded by a border of scrolling arabesques. The presence of mopa mopa resin was identified by FTIR, November 2021 (Bhavesh Shah, Preventative Conservation and Data Scientist). |
| Dimensions |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | Bought £2. 0s. 5d. 'Tray or plateau, lacquered work, elliptic. Ancient Persian? 16th or 17th centy. L.19 1/2 ins. x 10 1/2 ins.' A check of Central Inventory MA/30/5 and the Departmental Inventory 1844-1908 MA/94/35 found no further details (7/2021) Location history: dept findings list record 7/1947 [obscured]; 3/8/1962 store 3, box 3; 7/1984 Rm 2 case 1 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1262-1855 |
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| Record created | June 16, 1999 |
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