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

Bowl

ca. 1530-1540 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl of grey fritware, lien zu type, painted in dark blue and green and covered with a clear glaze. Inside on the bottom is a medallion enclosing a six-pointed star with segmental lobes between the points. Round the sides are cloud forms. The outside is painted with a conventional border and with pointed rays, lotus blades, springing from the foot.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, underglaze painted in cobalt blue, glazed
Brief description
Bowl of grey fritware, lien zu type, painted in dark blue and green on a white slip and covered with a clear glaze, Iznik, ca. 1530-1540.
Physical description
Bowl of grey fritware, lien zu type, painted in dark blue and green and covered with a clear glaze. Inside on the bottom is a medallion enclosing a six-pointed star with segmental lobes between the points. Round the sides are cloud forms. The outside is painted with a conventional border and with pointed rays, lotus blades, springing from the foot.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
  • Diameter: 17.8cm
Object history
Found in excavating the foundations of a new post office at Sirkeci.
Production
register
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Atasoy, Nurhan and Raby, Julian. Iznik: The pottery of Ottoman Turkey. London : Alexandria Press, 1989. pp. 125-127, Pl. 204.
Collection
Accession number
791-1905

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Record createdMarch 24, 2009
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