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Dish

Title	Dish
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1666
Publication Place	Iran (made) -
Subject	Flowers (Plants) Leaves
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Diameter: 51.5cm, Height: 9.6cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	407-1874
Record ID	407-1874
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1666
Notes	Safavid ceramic dish painted in grey and black
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	Ceramic ware with underglaze painting in grey and black Ceramic Ceramic Glaze Painted
Fiziksel açıklama	The whole dish is reserve-painted in grey on black with a brown rim. A white band separates the 2 different intertwining scrolls in the well and in the centre. Both scrolls consist of regularly spaced rosettes on a ground of compact small clouds. In the middle there is a larger rosette divided into six parts each with a rosette. The outside has 10 panels filled with bracketed medallions of small clouds divided into two by a thick black diagonal line. There is a band of thin crossed lines above the base ring, inside of which six spur marks surround the recessed centre. The controlled design creates an impressive and startling decoration.
Üslup	Safavid

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Dish

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1666

Publication Place Iran (made) -

Subject Flowers (Plants) Leaves

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Diameter: 51.5cm, Height: 9.6cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 407-1874

Record ID 407-1874

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1666

Notes Safavid ceramic dish painted in grey and black

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 Ceramic ware with underglaze painting in grey and black Ceramic Ceramic Glaze Painted

Fiziksel açıklama The whole dish is reserve-painted in grey on black with a brown rim. A white band separates the 2 different intertwining scrolls in the well and in the centre. Both scrolls consist of regularly spaced rosettes on a ground of compact small clouds. In the middle there is a larger rosette divided into six parts each with a rosette. The outside has 10 panels filled with bracketed medallions of small clouds divided into two by a thick black diagonal line. There is a band of thin crossed lines above the base ring, inside of which six spur marks surround the recessed centre. The controlled design creates an impressive and startling decoration.

Üslup Safavid