Dish
ca. 1580 (made)
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Dish of pale buff-coloured fritware, painted in colours and covered with a clear glaze. The deep centre is painted within a border of green cresting with curved serrated leaves and sprays of small flowers springing symmetrically from a turf of foliage, outlined in dark olive-green, and with details in red and green, in reserve on a dark blue ground. On the rim is a pattern of olive-green spirals broken by irregular reserves and green foliage. The underside is painted with triple sprays of fruit alternating with snail-shells.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed |
Brief description | Dish, fritware, painted in colours with saz leaves on a deep blue ground, Turkey (Iznik), ca. 1580. |
Physical description | Dish of pale buff-coloured fritware, painted in colours and covered with a clear glaze. The deep centre is painted within a border of green cresting with curved serrated leaves and sprays of small flowers springing symmetrically from a turf of foliage, outlined in dark olive-green, and with details in red and green, in reserve on a dark blue ground. On the rim is a pattern of olive-green spirals broken by irregular reserves and green foliage. The underside is painted with triple sprays of fruit alternating with snail-shells. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
Production | register |
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Accession number | C.2034-1910 |
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Record created | March 30, 2009 |
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