Dish
1585-1600 (made)
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Dish of whitish-grey fritware, painted in colours and covered with a clear glaze. Circular without rim. Painted with tulips, pomegranates on wavy stems, and a curved serrated leaf springing from foliage, all outlined in olive-green, with details in red, dark blue and green and reserved on a turquoise-blue ground. Edge encircled with with a narrow border of cresting. On the underside are alternate quatrefoils and shells.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed |
| Brief description | Dish, fritware, painted in colours with flower on a turquoise ground, Turkey (Iznik), ca. 1585-1600. |
| Physical description | Dish of whitish-grey fritware, painted in colours and covered with a clear glaze. Circular without rim. Painted with tulips, pomegranates on wavy stems, and a curved serrated leaf springing from foliage, all outlined in olive-green, with details in red, dark blue and green and reserved on a turquoise-blue ground. Edge encircled with with a narrow border of cresting. On the underside are alternate quatrefoils and shells. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
| Object history | Formerly in the collection of Mr Louis Huth. Christie's sales 1905 (Lot 245). |
| Production | register |
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| Accession number | C.2017-1910 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2009 |
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