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Islamic Fritware tankard

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An image of Fritware (stonepaste) tankard. Exterior: on the rim panels are separated yellow or black horizontal lines and containing, alternately, black diagonal crosses surrounded by dots or stylised polychrome floral sprays. On the body, polychrome, highly stylised angels’ heads are painted in vertical friezes separated by green vertical lines. On the handle a vertical frieze of floral spays. Fritware,  painted in polychrome, wheel thrown and finely potted, painted in blue, yellow, purple, black, red and green under a clear glaze, height, whole, 11 cm, width, whole, 13.4 cm, diameter, rim, 9.8 cm, diameter, base, 9.9 cm, weight, whole, 338 g, circa 1700-1799. Ottoman. Islamic pottery. Anatolia, Kutahiya, Kütahya.

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Fritware (stonepaste) tankard. Exterior: on the rim panels are separated yellow or black horizontal lines and containing, alternately, black diagonal crosses surrounded by dots or stylised polychrome floral sprays. On the body, polychrome, highly stylised angels’ heads are painted in vertical friezes separated by green vertical lines. On the handle a vertical frieze of floral spays. Fritware, painted in polychrome, wheel thrown and finely potted, painted in blue, yellow, purple, black, red and green under a clear glaze, height, whole, 11 cm, width, whole, 13.4 cm, diameter, rim, 9.8 cm, diameter, base, 9.9 cm, weight, whole, 338 g, circa 1700-1799. Ottoman. Islamic pottery. Anatolia, Kutahiya, Kütahya.

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  • Accession Number: C.19-2009
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 996 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 675.24kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1
  • Captured: 2013:08:16 15:25:38

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18th Century angels ceramics cream drinking vessel Fitz_AA floral frieze frit fritware glazed handled Islamic mugs Ottoman polychrome pottery studio ceramics stylised tankard thrown vessel

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