Dish: C.482-1991

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown

Entities

• Dish
• Islamic pottery
• Blue and white ware

Categories

• Fritware (stonepaste)

Description

Fritware painted in blue under a clear glaze

Fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in blue and outlined in darker blue under a clear glaze
Shape: segmental bowl with a plain rim on a near horizontal lip, sits on a low, wide foot ring.
Interior: on the lip a scrolling frieze of flowers and leaves are painted within two concentric bands. On the body, sprays containing a central flower and leafy stems are separated by scrolling lines. On the roundel, a frog walks amongst a grassy, crescent shaped landscape towards two irregular shapes (possibly stylised pagodas) made from lozenges or cross-hatches; the frog carries a lantern on a pole over his shoulder. Above, a phoenix with a long trailing tail, and whose head is surrounded by cloud scrolls, descends from the sky parallel to a hillock with a sprouting floral spray.
Exterior: on the body, a repeating frieze of folded lotus leaves, resembling a fungus, with scrolling stems are separated by stylised trefoils and stars. This frieze is enclosed within two concentric lines; a further parallel set of concentric lines is painted on the foot ring. The glaze runs unevenly over the exterior body leaving small areas uncovered; on the base it does not cover the rim of the foot ring but is present on the underside where three tassel marks are painted.

Notes

History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead

Legal notes

H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

17th Century, second half
Circa 1650 CE - 1699 CE

School or Style

Safavid (1501-1738)