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dish
Object Type
dish
Museum number
1970,0207.1
Description
Dish, made of stonepaste with opaque blue glaze and white slip; decorated with flowering plant and tassel mark.
Cultures/periods
Safavid dynasty
Production date
1600-1630
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Kirman (town)
(?)
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Iran
Materials
stonepaste
Technique
glazed
slipped
Dimensions
Diameter:
47 centimetres
Height:
7 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Hayward 1976 / The Arts of Islam
(399)
Canby 2009 / Shah 'Abbas: The Remaking of Iran
(77, p.162)
Rogers 1983a / Islamic Art and Design, 1500-1700
(172)
(listed as 1970,0217.1)
Canby 1999 / The Golden Age of Persian Art 1501-1722
(fig.132)
Location
On display
(G43/dc1)
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 2009 19 Feb-14 Jun, BM, Round Reading Room, 'Shah 'Abbas: The Remaking of Iran' 2007-2008 5 Oct-7 Jan, Paris, Musee du Louvre, 'The Song of the World: The Art of Safavid Iran 1501-1736'
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Miss Lilly Nora Ziegler
Acquisition date
1970
Department
Middle East
Registration number
1970,0207.1