Sweetmeat Dish
ca. 1650-1725 (made)
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Dish for condiments or sweets, coarse fritware, formed as four deep sarcophagus-like dishes surrounding a central square dish, forming five receptacles, the exterior rims sprig moulded with lozenge motifs, covered in an opaque lavender-blue glaze. The underside of the curved bases covered with a glassy yellow-amber glaze.
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, sprig-moulded, lavender glazed |
| Brief description | Sweetmeat dish, fritware, comprising four oblong bowls attached to a central square bowl, covered in an opaque lavender-blue glaze; Iran, 1650-1725. |
| Physical description | Dish for condiments or sweets, coarse fritware, formed as four deep sarcophagus-like dishes surrounding a central square dish, forming five receptacles, the exterior rims sprig moulded with lozenge motifs, covered in an opaque lavender-blue glaze. The underside of the curved bases covered with a glassy yellow-amber glaze. |
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| Accession number | 938-1886 |
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| Record created | February 3, 2009 |
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