Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1515
Publication Place
Iznik (made) Turkey (made) -
Subject
Ceramics
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Height: 13.6cm, Diameter: 17.3cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
337-1903
Record ID
337-1903
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1515
Notes
This rare blue and white ball was made for suspension in a mosque or tomb from the same chain as the lamps or on chains at the same level as the lamps. The flattened sphere has a nipple at the bottom and a hole at the top that served a dual function: it allowed air to escape during firing and was used to attach a hook for suspension. The shape may have been imitating Ostrich eggs which are also found suspended from chains. Ostrich eggs were often a memento of a pilgrimage to Mecca.
Sample Text
Note Kufi inscription not deciphered but contains an abbreviated form of Allah above the letters.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Fritware painted in underglaze blue Fritware Underglaze
Fiziksel açıklama
Spherical hanging ornament, fritware, compressed spherical form, with pierced nipple at the bottom and a hole at the top, painted in cobalt blue with a frame around the hole, above a second zone framed by a beaded band containing an elaborate foliate kufi inscription on a blue ground with with blossoms and triple dots sprinkled in the voids, an abbreviated form of Allah above the letters, the zone at the bottom, also painted in reserve is divided into three sections by knotted bands that evolve from a star enclosing the nipple.
Üslup
Ottoman Iznik
