Jug
ca. 1570-1575 (made)
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The main decoration on this jug was painted in coloured slips (liquid clay). The white lines divide the salmon ground into narrow vertical panels. These panels imitate the three-dimensional pattern called gadrooning found in Ottoman silverwork.
This jug was made in Iznik, north-west Anatolia, a well-known centre of ceramic production. The coloured ground here was a style that Iznik potters developed for some wares in the 1550s. They covered the body of the pot with coloured slips and added details of the design in slips of contrasting colours and paint. This development was associated with the appearance of a distinctive red slip in tilework of the same period.
This jug was made in Iznik, north-west Anatolia, a well-known centre of ceramic production. The coloured ground here was a style that Iznik potters developed for some wares in the 1550s. They covered the body of the pot with coloured slips and added details of the design in slips of contrasting colours and paint. This development was associated with the appearance of a distinctive red slip in tilework of the same period.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, slip-covered in salmon-pink, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed |
| Brief description | Salmon-coloured jug with white vertical stripes, Turkey (Iznik), ca. 1570-1575. |
| Physical description | Jug with a bulbous body and short flaring neck, salmon-coloured with white vertical lines which emulate fluting. Decorated bands at the lip and neck. |
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| Credit line | Salting Bequest |
| Historical context | In the 1550s, some Iznik wares had a variety of coloured grounds. These were produced by covering the body with coloured slip, or liquid clay. Details of the design were added in slips of contrasting colours, and paint. This development was associated with the appearance of a red slip in painted wares of the same period. This jug is a fine example this phase of Iznik ceramics. Here the jug is a lovely salmon hue. The potter has painted white stripes down the neck and body to imitate the look of fluting on a metal jug. |
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| Summary | The main decoration on this jug was painted in coloured slips (liquid clay). The white lines divide the salmon ground into narrow vertical panels. These panels imitate the three-dimensional pattern called gadrooning found in Ottoman silverwork. This jug was made in Iznik, north-west Anatolia, a well-known centre of ceramic production. The coloured ground here was a style that Iznik potters developed for some wares in the 1550s. They covered the body of the pot with coloured slips and added details of the design in slips of contrasting colours and paint. This development was associated with the appearance of a distinctive red slip in tilework of the same period. |
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| Accession number | C.2003-1910 |
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| Record created | November 7, 2003 |
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