Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Bottle

1560-90 (made)
Artist/Maker
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

Category
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
Dimensions
  • Height: 47cm
  • Diameter: 23.8cm
Style
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 createdJune 24, 2009
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