Vase, shoe
BackDescription:
Pair of shoes, made of stonepaste, painted in blue under a transparent glaze; life-size ceramic shoes, based on a style of heeled shoe worn by upper-class men in the capital of Isfahan and other Iranian cities at the time.
Object type: | vase, shoe |
Museum number: | 1887,0617.3 |
Culture/period: | Safavid dynasty |
Date: | 17thC(early) |
Production place: | Made in: Kirman |
Materials: | stonepaste |
Technique: | glazed, underglazed |
Dimensions: | Length: 25.00 cm (each) Width: 9.00 cm (MAX, EACH) Height: 14.00 cm (each) |
Location: | 33 |
Subjects: | footwear |
Acquisition names: | Donated by: Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks |
Acquisition date: | 1887 |
Curator's comments:
Further reading: Yolande Crowe, 'Persia and China: Safavid Blue and White Ceramics in the Victoria & Albert Museum 1501-1738.' London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 2002. Yolande Crowe, "The Safavid Potter at the Crossroad of Styles." In 'Iran and the World in the Safavid Age', 407-24. London: I.B. Tauris & Co, 2012.
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