Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1560
Publication Place
Iznik (made) Turkey -
Subject
Scrolls Spirals Flowers Stems
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
From iznik catalogue height: 10.5cm, Conversion diameter: 8.9cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
C.158-1909
Record ID
C.158-1909
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1560
Notes
Small jar ('hokka'), fritware, painted in colours with fine scroll work, Turkey (Iznik), ca. 1560.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed Fritware Glaze Glazed Painted
Fiziksel açıklama
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.
Üretim
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'
