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Dish with phoenix in a landscape
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
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17th century (1601 - 1700)
Safavid Period (1501 - 1722)
- Material and technique
- fritware, with overglaze painting in lustre
- Dimensions
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4.5 cm (height)
21.1 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by C. D. E. Fortnum, 1899.
- Accession no.
- EAX.3081
Glossary (3)
fritware, lustre, phoenix
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fritware
Ceramic material composed of ground quartz and small quantities of clay and finely ground frit (frit is obtained by pouring molten glass into water).
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lustre
Metallic sheen obtained by applying a mixture of metallic oxides onto an already glazed ceramic that is refired at a reduced atmosphere.
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phoenix
Mythical bird known as hōō in Japan. The Islamic tradition appropriated the far-eastern iconography of the phoenix and used it to represent another mythical bird, the simurgh.
Location
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First floor | Room 31 | Islamic Middle East
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First floor | Room 31 | Islamic Middle East
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