Cup on Stand
1690-1720 (made)
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Cup on stand, fritware, painted in underglaze blue with floral designs and birds. The lip of the cup, and the upright band round the stand are lobed. Small figures of birds, of which only one now remains, were originally perched on the lobed outer edge of the stand. Imitation Chinese square mark in black.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware painted in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Cup on stand, fritware, the cup and saucer with crenellated rims, and the saucer with traces of eight hand-modeled ducks applied around the edge, underglaze painted in blue with Chinese designs and Iranian textile inspired motifs; Iran, 1690-1720. |
| Physical description | Cup on stand, fritware, painted in underglaze blue with floral designs and birds. The lip of the cup, and the upright band round the stand are lobed. Small figures of birds, of which only one now remains, were originally perched on the lobed outer edge of the stand. Imitation Chinese square mark in black. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Crowe, Yolande, Persia and China: Safavid Blue and White Ceramics in the Victoria & Albert Museum (1501-1738) (London : Thames and Hudson, 2002): cat. no. 525 p. 284. |
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| Accession number | 799-1893 |
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| Record created | April 15, 2009 |
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