Jar
ca. 1560 (made)
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Small jar of fritware, 'hokka', painted and covered with a clear glaze. Decorated in an unusual combination of red and the Tugrakes spiral style pattern. Pear-shaped body with a nearly cylindrical neck. Painted with yellow flowers on blue wavy stems amid blue scrolls in horizontal bands. Round the top of the neck is a border of spirals.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed |
| Brief description | Small jar ('hokka'), fritware, painted in colours with fine scroll work, Turkey (Iznik), ca. 1560. |
| Physical description | Small jar of fritware, 'hokka', painted and covered with a clear glaze. Decorated in an unusual combination of red and the Tugrakes spiral style pattern. Pear-shaped body with a nearly cylindrical neck. Painted with yellow flowers on blue wavy stems amid blue scrolls in horizontal bands. Round the top of the neck is a border of spirals. |
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| Credit line | Given by Sir Charles Marling |
| Object history | Found in excavating the foundations of a new post office in Istanbul. |
| Production | This illustrates the unusual combination of red with a 'Tugrakes spiral style' pattern and is said to have been excavated in Istanbul, near the 'Golden Horn' |
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| Bibliographic reference | Atasoy, Nurhan and Raby, Julian. Iznik. The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey. London: Alexandria Press, 1989. p. 55, ill. 46. |
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| Accession number | C.158-1909 |
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| Record created | December 12, 2003 |
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