Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1650
Publication Place
Iran (made) -
Subject
Ceramics
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
2553-1876
Record ID
2553-1876
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1650
Notes
The designs on Safavid lustreware are purely Iranian, and owe nothing to Chinese designs, so prevalent in underglaze blue painted wares. Potters revived a three-hundred year old Iranian decorative technique in the second half of the Seventeenth century. However, the sources for the designs are found in contemporary manuscript illuminations, some dated about 1675.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Fritware, underglaze and lustre decoration Fritware
Fiziksel açıklama
Dish, fritware, cobalt blue ground interior, glazed and painted in overglaze metallic ruby lustre depicting sprouting plants, and white glaze and foliage
Üslup
Safavid