Mug
1937 (made)
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Mug of lead-glazed red earthenware covered with a whitish slip and painted with underglazed black, blue and turquoise, green and red enamels. Squat mug on a low foot ring with straight, slightly tapering sides, thick handle of semi-circular section. Floral paintings in Iznik style on a turquoise ground.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Lead-glazed red earthenware covered with slip and painted with underglazed enamels |
| Brief description | Mug of lead-glazed red earthenware covered with slip and painted with underglazed enamels, Palestine, 1937. |
| Physical description | Mug of lead-glazed red earthenware covered with a whitish slip and painted with underglazed black, blue and turquoise, green and red enamels. Squat mug on a low foot ring with straight, slightly tapering sides, thick handle of semi-circular section. Floral paintings in Iznik style on a turquoise ground. |
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| Gallery label | Mug
Fritware with underglaze painting
JERUSALEM; c. 1940 AD
C.124-1978
A pottery was set up in Jerusalem in the first half of this century to make souvenir wares in Iznik style. The potters came from Kutahya in Turkey where similar copies were also made.(pre-2005) |
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| Accession number | C.124-1978 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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