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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Pilgrim Flask

1750-1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pilgrim bottle of grey fritware, painted in colours on a white slip and covered with a clear glaze. Mounted with a screw stopper and bands of brass. Of flattened globular form, painted on either side with conventional flowers and fishes in red, blue, green and yellow outlined in black, and arranged in concentric bands.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, polychrome painted, glazed; brass mounts
Brief description
Pilgrim flask, fritware, polychrome painted and glazed, Turkey (Kütahya), 1750-1775
Physical description
Pilgrim bottle of grey fritware, painted in colours on a white slip and covered with a clear glaze. Mounted with a screw stopper and bands of brass. Of flattened globular form, painted on either side with conventional flowers and fishes in red, blue, green and yellow outlined in black, and arranged in concentric bands.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20cm
  • Width: 17.1cm
Style
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
903-1907

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Record createdFebruary 3, 2004
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