Dish
17th century (made)
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The eight brackets and lobes of the rim correspond to eight panels and their dividers which are painted over the flange and well. A bird in flight amidst clouds and vegetal features alternates with a peach branch with or without a bee. An eight-bracket Kraak frame surrounds the centre which is filled with a standing crane on a spotted rock under a pine treee and a tufted Kraak cloud. A mixture of two birds in flight, a lotus pad and rounded lateral rocks fill the left half of the centre. Eight panels with a leafy peach and their comma dividers decorate the outside.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Fritware |
Brief description | Fritware dish, eight Kraak panels with birds, peach branches and bees around centre of standing crane on rock under pine tree and cloud with two birds and lotus pad on left, made in Iran, 17th century |
Physical description | The eight brackets and lobes of the rim correspond to eight panels and their dividers which are painted over the flange and well. A bird in flight amidst clouds and vegetal features alternates with a peach branch with or without a bee. An eight-bracket Kraak frame surrounds the centre which is filled with a standing crane on a spotted rock under a pine treee and a tufted Kraak cloud. A mixture of two birds in flight, a lotus pad and rounded lateral rocks fill the left half of the centre. Eight panels with a leafy peach and their comma dividers decorate the outside. |
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Accession number | 2795-1876 |
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Record created | June 4, 2009 |
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