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ink-pot
(?)
Object Type
ink-pot
(?)
Museum number
G.445
Description
Sand-shaker. Globular body with stepped shoulder, neck broken and mended with band of metal, slightly concave disk foot, unglazed. Stonepaste fabric, white slip, transparent colourless glaze, cobalt blue underglaze details, lustre overglaze. Decorated with two blue streams and pair of recumbent deer, lustre painted flowers and leaves on long undulating stalks, band of lustre on shoulder, chain band, blue band near neck with band of lustre stylised leaves. Base unglazed.
Cultures/periods
Safavid dynasty
Production date
17thC
Production place
Made in:
Iran
Materials
pottery
metal
Technique
glazed
lustred
underglazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
3 centimetres
(rim)
Height:
11.60 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Godman 1901 / The Godman collection of Oriental and Spanish pottery and glass, 1865-1900
(357)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
tree/bush
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Miss Edith Godman
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Frederick Du Cane Godman
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Julius Richard
(1889)
Acquisition date
1983
Department
Middle East
Registration number
G.445