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Title	Bottle
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1587
Publication Place	Iran (made) -
Subject	Dragons Flowers (Plants) Leaves
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 26.1cm, Width: 20.5cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	1076-1876
Record ID	1076-1876
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1587
Notes	Kendi or a water pipe, fritware, underglaze painted in blue and black with winged dragon; Iran, 1650.
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 two blues and black Ceramic Ceramic Glaze Painted
Fiziksel açıklama	The designs on this bottle have been skillfully planned. Pot like body with a neck and bulbous spout attached to one side of the body. A leaf scroll with rosettes runs round the flattened rim and its underside. The four panels of the neck are filled with a lozenge and two separate stemmed flowers. A row of double rectangular panels on the shoulder leads to a band of separate lappets. The shapes of two winged dragons with open jaws and segmented bodies ending in scrolled tails run round the body. Two flowers on a leafy stem separate them. Thirteen lappets lead to the base ring.
Üslup	Safavid

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Bottle

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1587

Publication Place Iran (made) -

Subject Dragons Flowers (Plants) Leaves

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 26.1cm, Width: 20.5cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 1076-1876

Record ID 1076-1876

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1587

Notes Kendi or a water pipe, fritware, underglaze painted in blue and black with winged dragon; Iran, 1650.

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 two blues and black Ceramic Ceramic Glaze Painted

Fiziksel açıklama The designs on this bottle have been skillfully planned. Pot like body with a neck and bulbous spout attached to one side of the body. A leaf scroll with rosettes runs round the flattened rim and its underside. The four panels of the neck are filled with a lozenge and two separate stemmed flowers. A row of double rectangular panels on the shoulder leads to a band of separate lappets. The shapes of two winged dragons with open jaws and segmented bodies ending in scrolled tails run round the body. Two flowers on a leafy stem separate them. Thirteen lappets lead to the base ring.

Üslup Safavid