Dish
ca. 1560-1590 (made)
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Dish, fritware, tray-like dish, covered with a white slip and painted in cobalt with Chinese-inspired stylized lotus scrolls, within a border of two narrow ornamental bands with demi-florettes in blue, the underside with a band of detached blossoms, all under a clear glaze.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, underglaze painted in cobalt blue, glazed |
| Brief description | Dish, fritware, painted in underglaze blue with stylized lotus scrollwork, Turkey, Iznik, ca. 1560-1590 |
| Physical description | Dish, fritware, tray-like dish, covered with a white slip and painted in cobalt with Chinese-inspired stylized lotus scrolls, within a border of two narrow ornamental bands with demi-florettes in blue, the underside with a band of detached blossoms, all under a clear glaze. |
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| Object history | The design of meandering lotus scrolls derives from the decoration found on late 15th and early 16th century Chinese export wares. |
| Historical context | When accessioned catalogued as Turkish (Kutahia) |
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| Accession number | 922-1898 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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