Fritware bowl with a bird, leaves and flowers, Safavid Dynasty

An image of Islamic Pottery. Bowl. Unknown potter, Iran. Shape: rectangular with a plain rim, the shorter sides are lobbed, sits on a low rectangular foot ring. Interior: rim is painted brown, below which a frieze of dots is contained within two lines. On the base a floral spray emanates from a stylised hillock. Exterior: panel decoration reflects the shape of the vessel. On the two longest sides a bird sits surrounded by leaves and flowers, painted in reserve against a blue background. On the shorter lobbed sides, a central panel contains a fleurs de-lis shape in which two stylised flowers are painted in reserve against a blue background. These central panels are flanked either side by vertical friezes of quatre-foil flowers, again painted in reserve against a blue background. A pair of blue lines is painted on the foot ring. The glaze does not cover the rim of the foot but does continue onto the underside, albeit with uneven coverage. An irregular blue dot is present on the underside of the foot ring but this does not appear to be a mark. Fritware, moulded, painted in brown and blue with outlining in black, under a transparent glaze, height, whole, 5.1 cm, width, whole, 12 cm, diameter, rim, 12 cm, diameter, base, 4.7 cm, weight, whole, 131 g, circa 1600 to circa 1699. Safavid.

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Islamic Pottery. Bowl. Unknown potter, Iran. Shape: rectangular with a plain rim, the shorter sides are lobbed, sits on a low rectangular foot ring. Interior: rim is painted brown, below which a frieze of dots is contained within two lines. On the base a floral spray emanates from a stylised hillock. Exterior: panel decoration reflects the shape of the vessel. On the two longest sides a bird sits surrounded by leaves and flowers, painted in reserve against a blue background. On the shorter lobbed sides, a central panel contains a fleurs de-lis shape in which two stylised flowers are painted in reserve against a blue background. These central panels are flanked either side by vertical friezes of quatre-foil flowers, again painted in reserve against a blue background. A pair of blue lines is painted on the foot ring. The glaze does not cover the rim of the foot but does continue onto the underside, albeit with uneven coverage. An irregular blue dot is present on the underside of the foot ring but this does not appear to be a mark. Fritware, moulded, painted in brown and blue with outlining in black, under a transparent glaze, height, whole, 5.1 cm, width, whole, 12 cm, diameter, rim, 12 cm, diameter, base, 4.7 cm, weight, whole, 131 g, circa 1600 to circa 1699. Safavid.

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Accession Number: C.44-1911
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 738 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 507.15kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2010:08:01 06:53:49

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17th Century birds blue and white bowl Fitz_AA floral flowers fritware glazed Iranian leaves moulded Muslim Persian pottery Safavid Dynasty spray underglaze

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