Dish
ca. 1580 (made)
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Dish of pale buff-coloured fritware, painted in colours and covered with a clear glaze. Circular without a rim, and with an up-twined edge. In the middle is a large medallion, enclosed by cresting in red and blue, painted with a symmetrical radiating design of floral devices, foliage and interlaced arabesques, outlined in dark olive-green with details in red and blue, in reserve on a green ground. Round the edge is a blue zigzag band. The underside is painted with branches separated by snail-shells.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed |
| Brief description | Dish, fritware, painted in colours with a geometric arabesque design, Turkey (Iznik), ca. 1580. |
| Physical description | Dish of pale buff-coloured fritware, painted in colours and covered with a clear glaze. Circular without a rim, and with an up-twined edge. In the middle is a large medallion, enclosed by cresting in red and blue, painted with a symmetrical radiating design of floral devices, foliage and interlaced arabesques, outlined in dark olive-green with details in red and blue, in reserve on a green ground. Round the edge is a blue zigzag band. The underside is painted with branches separated by snail-shells. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
| Production | register |
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| Accession number | C.2033-1910 |
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| Record created | March 30, 2009 |
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