Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1650
Publication Place
Iran (made) -
Subject
Fluted Flowers
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Height: 25.4cm, Diameter: 15.2cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
449-1874
Record ID
449-1874
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1650
Notes
In 19th century Qajar Iran, before a contemporary export market had emerged, a commercial market for historical artefacts arose, fuelled by Western collectors and museums. Historically, fragmentary material culture, particularly ceramics, including 17th century Safavid fritware, and Chinese porcelain, which had been damaged through use, was often repaired or re-purposed with metal mounts, frequently brass, to replace missing spouts, handles, lids and necks. Many examples were acquired for the Victoria and Albert Museum by Major-General Sir Robert Murdoch Smith (1835-1900) in Iran in the 1870s and 1880s. Among these is a large corpus embellished with a minutely engraved repertoire of figures from 19th century Iranian visual culture: youthful Qajar princes, veiled women, dervishes, acrobats, as well as monstrous supernatural beings, known as divs , and a range of bizarre humanoid creatures. These mounted vessels of Safavid fritware are therefore couched in a Qajar environment and re-fitted according to contemporary taste.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Fritware, lustre decoration; brass, engraved Fritware Brass Painted Engraved Lustre
Fiziksel açıklama
Bottle, fritware, or inverted conical form with lobed body and long cylindrical neck, painted with swirling lines of poppies and other flowers in copper-coloured lustre. With a later engraved brass collar on the neck.
