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Dish

Title	Dish
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1616
Publication Place	Iran (made) -
Subject	Flower Circles Vase Tube Bird Rocks Trees Boats Figures
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 6.9cm, Width: 43.3cm, Base ring width: 22cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	419-1874
Record ID	419-1874
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1616
Notes	Ceramic Dish, blue and white, Iran, 16th century
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	White earthenware painted in two blues and black Earthenware Painted
Fiziksel açıklama	The eight petal panels cover both flange and well. They are filled with either a slanting tube, two circles, a flower or a vase. A double circle surrounds the complex central lake scene representing a pagoda, rock formations with trees and a perched bird, a fishing boat with sail, a pleasure barge and small figures. Both vessels are half-moon shaped in the Persian version. The half-circle motif above the prow of the barge imitates a reed hut. The wide omega-shape at the top reproduces Chinese hills creating depth. The outer flange is decorated with two sets of tufts of grass, two butterflies, two Y-shaped rocks as dividers and four small vegetable clusters.
Üslup	Safavid

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Dish

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1616

Publication Place Iran (made) -

Subject Flower Circles Vase Tube Bird Rocks Trees Boats Figures

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 6.9cm, Width: 43.3cm, Base ring width: 22cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 419-1874

Record ID 419-1874

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1616

Notes Ceramic Dish, blue and white, Iran, 16th century

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 White earthenware painted in two blues and black Earthenware Painted

Fiziksel açıklama The eight petal panels cover both flange and well. They are filled with either a slanting tube, two circles, a flower or a vase. A double circle surrounds the complex central lake scene representing a pagoda, rock formations with trees and a perched bird, a fishing boat with sail, a pleasure barge and small figures. Both vessels are half-moon shaped in the Persian version. The half-circle motif above the prow of the barge imitates a reed hut. The wide omega-shape at the top reproduces Chinese hills creating depth. The outer flange is decorated with two sets of tufts of grass, two butterflies, two Y-shaped rocks as dividers and four small vegetable clusters.

Üslup Safavid