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Dish

Title	Dish
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1640
Publication Place	Iran (made) -
Subject	Star Flowers Cross
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 9.1cm, Diameter: 49.9cm, At base width: 29.8cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	890-1876
Record ID	890-1876
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1640
Notes	This is a large glazed and incided painted ceramic dish produced in Iran for the European export market. Its decoration features a central eight-pointed star filled with a neat lattice of florets with leaves. The points lead to triangular panels filled with alternating flower sprays of flower lattices. A larger plain star emerges from this pattern filled with overlapping scales with dots. The style of this dish is similar to the Chinese Ahua style meaning a secret or hidden decoration . The original Persian contribution to this style consists of the combination of various geometric patterns with incised contours emphasized in blue.
Tarihsel bağlam	Large blue and white dishes produced in Iran for the European export market were typically decorated with geometric compositions and flowers. Painted motifs were combined with incised and sometimes moulded patterns. The final effect has similarities with the Chinese Anhua style meaning a secret or hidden decoration. This fine type of incised work first appeared in China in the Yongle period (1403-1424). Moulded dishes were also produced at the end of the Yuan dynasty. The original Persian contribution to this style consists of the combination of various geometric patterns with incised contours emphasized in blue. Incised repeats include segmented waves, dotted or plain overlapping scales, bracketed pairs of leaves and gadrooned lines. A plain coloured glaze in shades of blue or celadon usually covers the outside of the dish, and this treatment may indicate a connection with plain-glazed vessels, both Chinese and Persian, of the same period.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Fritware, underglaze painted in blue Stonepaste Overglaze Paint Firing Overglazing Painting Incising
Fiziksel açıklama	Large ceramic dish glazed and painted in two blues. The central eight-pointed star is filled with a neat lattice of florets with leaves. The points lead to triangular panels with either single or double-lobed top brackets. These are filled with alternating flower sprays or flower lattices. A larger plain star emerges from this pattern filled with overlapping scales with dots. The flange is incised with eight double leaves springing from a small lozenge shape. A pale blue glaze covers the outside. There is a red cross, not a mark, inside the base ring.
Üretim tipi	Unique
Üslup	Safavid

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Dish

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1640

Publication Place Iran (made) -

Subject Star Flowers Cross

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 9.1cm, Diameter: 49.9cm, At base width: 29.8cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 890-1876

Record ID 890-1876

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1640

Notes This is a large glazed and incided painted ceramic dish produced in Iran for the European export market. Its decoration features a central eight-pointed star filled with a neat lattice of florets with leaves. The points lead to triangular panels filled with alternating flower sprays of flower lattices. A larger plain star emerges from this pattern filled with overlapping scales with dots. The style of this dish is similar to the Chinese Ahua style meaning a secret or hidden decoration . The original Persian contribution to this style consists of the combination of various geometric patterns with incised contours emphasized in blue.

Tarihsel bağlam Large blue and white dishes produced in Iran for the European export market were typically decorated with geometric compositions and flowers. Painted motifs were combined with incised and sometimes moulded patterns. The final effect has similarities with the Chinese Anhua style meaning a secret or hidden decoration. This fine type of incised work first appeared in China in the Yongle period (1403-1424). Moulded dishes were also produced at the end of the Yuan dynasty. The original Persian contribution to this style consists of the combination of various geometric patterns with incised contours emphasized in blue. Incised repeats include segmented waves, dotted or plain overlapping scales, bracketed pairs of leaves and gadrooned lines. A plain coloured glaze in shades of blue or celadon usually covers the outside of the dish, and this treatment may indicate a connection with plain-glazed vessels, both Chinese and Persian, of the same period.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Fritware, underglaze painted in blue Stonepaste Overglaze Paint Firing Overglazing Painting Incising

Fiziksel açıklama Large ceramic dish glazed and painted in two blues. The central eight-pointed star is filled with a neat lattice of florets with leaves. The points lead to triangular panels with either single or double-lobed top brackets. These are filled with alternating flower sprays or flower lattices. A larger plain star emerges from this pattern filled with overlapping scales with dots. The flange is incised with eight double leaves springing from a small lozenge shape. A pale blue glaze covers the outside. There is a red cross, not a mark, inside the base ring.

Üretim tipi Unique

Üslup Safavid