On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Ewer

1630-60, 1800-70 (mounted)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Iran (made)

Sprinkler of fritware, with bulbous body, painted in underglaze blue with storks and animals in ogival panels amidst floral scrolls; mounted with engraved brass handle, spout, neck and lid of later date.

Object details

Category
Ceramics
Object type
Ewer
Materials and techniques
Fritware, underglaze painted in blue; brass, engraved
Fritware
Brass (Alloy)
Painted
Mounted
Brief description
Ewer for chilled water, fritware, of flattened round form (the neck spout and handle missing) painted in underglaze blue with panels of cranes in flight; Iran, 1630-60: with later replacement mounts in brass with engraved decoration; Iran, 1800-70
Physical description
Sprinkler of fritware, with bulbous body, painted in underglaze blue with storks and animals in ogival panels amidst floral scrolls; mounted with engraved brass handle, spout, neck and lid of later date.
Dimensions
  • Height: 38.1cm
  • Diameter: 20.3cm
Style
Safavid
Object history
Robert Murdoch Smith bought this object for the South Kensington Museum (now the V&A) in Tehran in 1873. It was part of the first large consignment of historical objects he sent to the Museum from Iran and included over 100 examples of metalwork, ceramic, woodwork and textiles gathered from different local sources.
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Floral Scrolls
Stork (Bird)
Animals
Bibliographic references
  • Crowe, Yolande, Persia and China: Safavid Blue and White Ceramics in the Victoria & Albert Museum (1501-1738) (London : Thames and Hudson, 2002): cat. no. 79, p.86.
  • Moya Carey, Persian Art. Collecting the Arts of Iran for the V&A, London, 2017, p.96 and 123.
Collection
Middle East Section
Accession number
467-1874

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Record createdMarch 10, 2009
Record URL
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