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

Plate

16th century or 17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of fritware, with brown rim, painted in blue with black outline under a clear glaze. Inside, a lion, a bird and a deer stride towards the right above a succession of ponds, balustrades and a pouting bird. The upper half of the plate appears to have been painted upside down, so that the tree with its leaves hangs down towards the beasts. A plain celadon-coloured glaze covers the outside.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware with underglaze painting
Brief description
Plate, fritware painted in underglaze blue and black, Iran, 16th or 17th century
Physical description
Plate of fritware, with brown rim, painted in blue with black outline under a clear glaze. Inside, a lion, a bird and a deer stride towards the right above a succession of ponds, balustrades and a pouting bird. The upper half of the plate appears to have been painted upside down, so that the tree with its leaves hangs down towards the beasts. A plain celadon-coloured glaze covers the outside.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.6cm
  • Diameter: 22.6cm
  • Base diameter: 9.2cm
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
502-1878

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Record createdMarch 30, 2009
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