Dish
ca. 1580-1600 (made)
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Dish of pale buff-coloured fritware, painted in colours and covered with a clear glaze. Circular with a deep middle and narrow rim. In the middle, within a medallion bordered by cresting in green and blue, are a rose, a tulip, and other flowers, and a curved serrated leaf, outlined in dark olive-green with details in blue and green. On the rim is a pattern of close spirals in olive-green broken by irregular reserves and blue and green foliage. On the underside are blue berries in clusters of three, separated by green rosettes.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed |
Brief description | Dish, fritware, painted in colours with tulips and flowers on a red ground, Turkey (Iznik), ca. 1580-1600. |
Physical description | Dish of pale buff-coloured fritware, painted in colours and covered with a clear glaze. Circular with a deep middle and narrow rim. In the middle, within a medallion bordered by cresting in green and blue, are a rose, a tulip, and other flowers, and a curved serrated leaf, outlined in dark olive-green with details in blue and green. On the rim is a pattern of close spirals in olive-green broken by irregular reserves and blue and green foliage. On the underside are blue berries in clusters of three, separated by green rosettes. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
Production | register |
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Accession number | C.2042-1910 |
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Record created | March 30, 2009 |
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