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Dish

Title	Dish
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1600
Publication Place	Iran (made) -
Subject	Ceramics
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Maximum diameter: 49.0cm, Height: 9.2cm, Weight: 3.430kg
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	410-1874
Record ID	410-1874
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1600
Notes	Only a small number of these blue-coloured dishes are known to have survived. The size of this dish and its fine incised decoration would suggest that it was intended for display. The blue colour comes from the addition of cobalt oxide to a covering which resembles a silaceous glaze.
Sample Text	tassel in blue
Tarihsel bağlam	Arthur Lane in Later Islamic pottery describes blue Kirman wares as: 'The colouring matter was applied in the form of a thick slip and covered by the typical loosely fitting transparent Kirman glaze.' He goes on to describe blue slip ground Kirman wares that have decoration painted on in white slip and also those with 'simple arabesque and floral designs cut through the blue slip to show the white body beneath'.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Fritware covered with slip or glaze and incised decoration Fritware Incising
Fiziksel açıklama	Large dish, fritware, carved with fluted panels around the cavetto, covered in a cobalt slip or glaze and incised through this to reveal the white body in lines of arabesques and split palm leaves, under a clear glaze
Üretim	Has been attributed to Kashan or Kirman manufacture
Üslup	Safavid

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Dish

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1600

Publication Place Iran (made) -

Subject Ceramics

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Maximum diameter: 49.0cm, Height: 9.2cm, Weight: 3.430kg

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 410-1874

Record ID 410-1874

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1600

Notes Only a small number of these blue-coloured dishes are known to have survived. The size of this dish and its fine incised decoration would suggest that it was intended for display. The blue colour comes from the addition of cobalt oxide to a covering which resembles a silaceous glaze.

Sample Text tassel in blue

Tarihsel bağlam Arthur Lane in Later Islamic pottery describes blue Kirman wares as: 'The colouring matter was applied in the form of a thick slip and covered by the typical loosely fitting transparent Kirman glaze.' He goes on to describe blue slip ground Kirman wares that have decoration painted on in white slip and also those with 'simple arabesque and floral designs cut through the blue slip to show the white body beneath'.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Fritware covered with slip or glaze and incised decoration Fritware Incising

Fiziksel açıklama Large dish, fritware, carved with fluted panels around the cavetto, covered in a cobalt slip or glaze and incised through this to reveal the white body in lines of arabesques and split palm leaves, under a clear glaze

Üretim Has been attributed to Kashan or Kirman manufacture

Üslup Safavid