Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1642
Publication Place
Iran (made) -
Subject
Flowers (Plants) Leaves
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Height: 8.1cm, Diameter: 49.1cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
456-1878
Record ID
456-1878
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1642
Notes
Large Safavid blue and white ceramic dish
Sample Text
International exhibition of Persian Art 1931 V 26 Note This is written on a label inside the base ring of the dish
Tarihsel bağlam
Persian blue and white ceramics were primarily produced during the rule of the Safavid Dynasty in Iran (early 16th century to early 18th century). Iranian potters were almost exclusively preoccupied with making wares in the styles of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain some close copies and some more fanciful. Echoes of earlier traditions remained, in particular in the black-under-turquoise colour scheme that dates back in Iran to the end of the 12th century. Towards the end of the 16th century there was a widening of interest that blossomed in the 17th century to a wide range of styles and techniques in which blue and white plays a dominant but not exclusive role.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Fritware with underglaze painting in two blues Fritware Glaze Painted Glazed
Fiziksel açıklama
This large dish has a bracketed rim with a mid-blue glaze. The flange is small and plain and the well is ribbed. A central eight-pointed star is formed by the base of eight plain pear-shaped panels with incised scales with dots. It is filled with the typical flower spray of the period. Two leaves fill the area on either side of the fillers in the intervals between the pear shaped panels.
Üslup
Safavid
