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

Plate

1640-80 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate or large dish, fritware, of shallow saucer form with slightly everted rim, covered in a cobalt blue wash, incised and craved with a geometric design of stylised lotus blossoms and arabesques.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, incised and carved, glazed
Brief description
Dish, fritware, covered with a blue slip, carved and glazed; Iran, 1640-80
Physical description
Plate or large dish, fritware, of shallow saucer form with slightly everted rim, covered in a cobalt blue wash, incised and craved with a geometric design of stylised lotus blossoms and arabesques.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 26cm
Style
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Lane, Arthur. Later Islamic Pottery. London: Faber and Faber, 1957. 133p., ill. Pages 107, 110, 118, plate 89B
Collection
Accession number
977-1886

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Record createdNovember 19, 2003
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