Bottle
1560-90 (made)
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Place of origin |
Designs incorporating animals in the decoration is found on Ottoman silverware, which was the origin of this type of painted decoration on Iznik ware.
Object details
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Object type | |
Materials and techniques | Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed |
Brief description | Bottle, fritware, polychrome underglaze painting, Turkish, Iznik, 1560-90; later silver replacement collar. |
Physical description | Bottle, fritware, bulbous body with long narrow neck and funnel shaped top and knop in the middle, covered with white slip and painted in dark olive green, red, cobalt blue and manganese. Painted above a band of formal design with a leopard, lions, deer, a monkey, quails, a Chinese phoenix and two monstrous birds in reserve. Applied later with a silver collar repousse with foliated arabesques as a restoration |
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Gallery label | Bottle.
with silver mounts of later date
TURKISH (ISNIK); second half of the 16th century.(1954) |
Credit line | Salting Bequest |
Historical context | Possibly form the J.Dixon Collection |
Summary | Designs incorporating animals in the decoration is found on Ottoman silverware, which was the origin of this type of painted decoration on Iznik ware. |
Bibliographic reference | Wallis, Henry Illustrated catalogue of specimens of Persian and Arab art : exhibited in 1885, London : Printed for the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1885
451 |
Collection | |
Accession number | C.1992-1910 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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