Bowl
ca. 1530-1540 (made)
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Bowl of grey fritware, lien zu type, painted in dark blue and green and covered with a clear glaze. Inside on the bottom is a medallion enclosing a six-pointed star with segmental lobes between the points. Round the sides are cloud forms. The outside is painted with a conventional border and with pointed rays, lotus blades, springing from the foot.
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Materials and techniques | Fritware, underglaze painted in cobalt blue, glazed |
Brief description | Bowl of grey fritware, lien zu type, painted in dark blue and green on a white slip and covered with a clear glaze, Iznik, ca. 1530-1540. |
Physical description | Bowl of grey fritware, lien zu type, painted in dark blue and green and covered with a clear glaze. Inside on the bottom is a medallion enclosing a six-pointed star with segmental lobes between the points. Round the sides are cloud forms. The outside is painted with a conventional border and with pointed rays, lotus blades, springing from the foot. |
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Object history | Found in excavating the foundations of a new post office at Sirkeci. |
Production | register |
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Bibliographic reference | Atasoy, Nurhan and Raby, Julian. Iznik: The pottery of Ottoman Turkey. London : Alexandria Press, 1989. pp. 125-127, Pl. 204. |
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Accession number | 791-1905 |
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Record created | March 24, 2009 |
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