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Dish: C.27-1932

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Current Location: Gallery 33

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown

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Description

Fritware painted in polychrome under a colourless glaze

Fritware, mould made, painted in red slip, emerald green, blue and black under a colourless glaze
Shape: segmental bowl with a foliated, angled flange rim, sits on a low, wide foot ring
Interior: enclosed between blue bracketed lines on the rim, a rock wave pattern is painted. A partial cloud band on the upper body hangs from the flange. On the body, emanating from a clasped leafy tuft, a floral spray of red carnations and blue tulips; the latter with scaled, emerald green buds.
Exterior: on the body, paired blue tulips and green and blue rosettes are painted.

Notes

History note: Alfred Spero, 12A Regent Street, London SW1, partly exchanged for a Deruta dish, Lot 8 in the Glowgowski sale

Legal notes

Bought with the Glaisher Fund

Measurements and weight

Height: 5.8 cm
Weight: 998 g
Width: 30.2 cm

Relative size of this object

30.2 cm5.8 cm What does this represent?

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Place(s) associated

  • Iznik ⪼ Anatolia ⪼ Turkey

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1932-06-08)

Dating

Late 16th Century
Circa 1565 CE - Circa 1575 CE

Note

Floral style

School or Style

Ottoman

Components of the work

Exterior Body composed of pigment ( green and blue)
Interior composed of pigment ( red slip, emerald green, blue and black)
Base Diameter 15.3 cm
Rim Diameter 30.2 cm

Materials used in production

colourless, covers the surface except for the rim of the foot ring Glaze
Fritware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Fritware, mould made, painted in red slip, emerald green, blue and black under a colourless glaze
Glazing (coating)

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.27-1932
Primary reference Number: 75149
Glaisher additions number: Gl.Add.45-1932

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 25 August 2022

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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