Dish with quails

Details

• Title

  Dish with quails

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran (place of creation)

• Date

  17th century - early 18th century
  Safavid Period (1501 - 1722)

• Material and technique

  fritware, with underglaze painting in blue, and brown on the rim

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › glazed composition › stonepaste › fritware

• Technique index

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › dish

• Dimensions

  9 cm (height)
  44.5 cm (diameter)
  at foot 18 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  First floor | Gallery 31 | Islamic Middle East

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.1783

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