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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tazza

first half of 17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tazza of grey fritware, painted in colours on white slip and covered with a clear glaze. Shallow bowl on a high wide-spreading foot. In the middle is a medallion containing a palmette-shaped device and surrounded by a border of cresting. The foot is painted with palmettes and conventional flowers, and round the outside of the bowl is a border of cresting.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed
Brief description
Tazza of grey fritware, painted in colours on white slip and covered with a clear glaze, Iznik, first half of 17th century.
Physical description
Tazza of grey fritware, painted in colours on white slip and covered with a clear glaze. Shallow bowl on a high wide-spreading foot. In the middle is a medallion containing a palmette-shaped device and surrounded by a border of cresting. The foot is painted with palmettes and conventional flowers, and round the outside of the bowl is a border of cresting.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.9cm
  • Diameter: 23.5cm
Object history
Formerly in the collection of F. Du Cane Godman, Esq.
Production
register
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Erben, Tino, Die Türken vor Wien: Europa und die Entscheidung an der Donau, 1683, Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien, Vienna, 1983
Collection
Accession number
714-1902

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Record createdMarch 23, 2009
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