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

Bowl

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

Dish painted in three blues. There is a white rim with a bold blue line above the outer decoration which considsts of a double scroll with four oblong flowers at the intersections. Striped conch shells, six petalled flower and knotted finials fill further spaces. On the outside there is a circle of flowrs with their leaves, trhen four lobed lozenges filling the well, with four more flowers separating them. All eight flowers are linked together with flower stems which almost form a circle.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware
Brief description
Ceramic, Iran, 16th or 17th century, painted with blue flowers
Physical description
Dish painted in three blues. There is a white rim with a bold blue line above the outer decoration which considsts of a double scroll with four oblong flowers at the intersections. Striped conch shells, six petalled flower and knotted finials fill further spaces. On the outside there is a circle of flowrs with their leaves, trhen four lobed lozenges filling the well, with four more flowers separating them. All eight flowers are linked together with flower stems which almost form a circle.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.3cm
  • Width: 22cm
Style
Collection
Accession number
480-1878

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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