Jug
1380-1480 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Potters in Ottoman Turkey reponded to costly imported Chinese blue-and-white porcelain by disguising their red earthenware vessels with a white tin-glazed slip; vessels were then painted in cobalt blue before glazing. Their geometric designs show only a distant understanding of the Chinese porcelains that inspired them.
These imitations, made over a long period, probably from the 14th century to the early 16th, were widely distributed. It was first excavated in the ruins of ancient Miletus in south-west Turkey, and consequently, came to be known as 'Miletus ware', however, as wasters and kiln debris of this type of ware have been excavated at Iznik in north-west Turkey, much is now attributed to Iznik, although it may also have been made elsewhere.
These imitations, made over a long period, probably from the 14th century to the early 16th, were widely distributed. It was first excavated in the ruins of ancient Miletus in south-west Turkey, and consequently, came to be known as 'Miletus ware', however, as wasters and kiln debris of this type of ware have been excavated at Iznik in north-west Turkey, much is now attributed to Iznik, although it may also have been made elsewhere.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware, slip-covered, underglaze painted in cobalt blue, and glazed |
| Brief description | Jug of red earthenware, 'Miletus-ware', painted in black on a white slip and covered with a clear glaze, Turkey, (possibly Iznik), late 14th/15th century. |
| Physical description | Jug of red earthenware, 'Miletus ware', painted in black on a white slip and covered with a clear glaze. Depressed bulbous body painted with arabesques, a striped loop handle, and a wide cylindrical neck decorated with vertical stripes below a band of interlaced ornament. |
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| Credit line | Given by Sir Charles Marling |
| Production | register notes Ar-Raqqah |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Potters in Ottoman Turkey reponded to costly imported Chinese blue-and-white porcelain by disguising their red earthenware vessels with a white tin-glazed slip; vessels were then painted in cobalt blue before glazing. Their geometric designs show only a distant understanding of the Chinese porcelains that inspired them. These imitations, made over a long period, probably from the 14th century to the early 16th, were widely distributed. It was first excavated in the ruins of ancient Miletus in south-west Turkey, and consequently, came to be known as 'Miletus ware', however, as wasters and kiln debris of this type of ware have been excavated at Iznik in north-west Turkey, much is now attributed to Iznik, although it may also have been made elsewhere. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.114-1909 |
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| Record created | March 25, 2009 |
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