Jug
ca. 1585-1610 (made)
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Jug of whitish-grey fritware, painted in colours and covered with a clear glaze. Bulbous body with a wide, nearly cylindrical, neck, and loop handle. Decorated with a pattern of interlaced leafy arabesques reserved in white with details in dark blue and olive-green outline, on a green ground. The pattern is broken by a scalloped band round the base of the neck, and a border of spirals encircling the mouth. The handle is striped in blue.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed |
| Brief description | Jug, fritware, bulbous body with a loop handle, painted in colours and covered with a clear glaze, Turkey (Iznik), ca. 1585-1610. |
| Physical description | Jug of whitish-grey fritware, painted in colours and covered with a clear glaze. Bulbous body with a wide, nearly cylindrical, neck, and loop handle. Decorated with a pattern of interlaced leafy arabesques reserved in white with details in dark blue and olive-green outline, on a green ground. The pattern is broken by a scalloped band round the base of the neck, and a border of spirals encircling the mouth. The handle is striped in blue. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
| Production | register |
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| 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 | C.2024-1910 |
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| Record created | March 30, 2009 |
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