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Title	Incense-holder
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1740
Publication Place	KÃ¼tahya (City) (made) Sivas (found) -
Subject	Floral Patterns Seraphim Chintz
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Include handle length: 17.1cm, Height: 6cm, Width: 10.8cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	35-1892
Record ID	35-1892
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1740
Notes	The range of enamel colours and style of decoration is very similar to a documentary basin, missing its matching ewer, in the San Lazzaro Armenian monastery in Venice. An inscription in Armenian/Turkish on the basin reads 'Ãhannes, son of David', and includes a date in the Armenian calender of 1193 or Monday May 8th.1744 Yolande Crowe has linked the source of this type of exotic decoration to colourful contemporary Indian painted and printed cottons known as " chintz ", made on the Coromandel coast.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Fritware, polychrome painted, glazed Fritware Painted
Fiziksel açıklama	Incense-holder, fritware, quatrefoil with large ornamental handle, painted in yellow, green, blue, red and purple with fine black outlines in the Sivaz style. Inside a seraphim is painted at the bottom and the lobed panes are divided at the top and bottom with zigzags, large flowers and serrated leaves. The exterior is also painted with large flowers and serrated leaves and the handle is painted with the head of an angel or seraphim, on the base is an elaborare cross.
Üretim	Label
Üslup	Ottoman

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Incense-holder

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1740

Publication Place KÃ¼tahya (City) (made) Sivas (found) -

Subject Floral Patterns Seraphim Chintz

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Include handle length: 17.1cm, Height: 6cm, Width: 10.8cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 35-1892

Record ID 35-1892

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1740

Notes The range of enamel colours and style of decoration is very similar to a documentary basin, missing its matching ewer, in the San Lazzaro Armenian monastery in Venice. An inscription in Armenian/Turkish on the basin reads 'Ãhannes, son of David', and includes a date in the Armenian calender of 1193 or Monday May 8th.1744 Yolande Crowe has linked the source of this type of exotic decoration to colourful contemporary Indian painted and printed cottons known as " chintz ", made on the Coromandel coast.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Fritware, polychrome painted, glazed Fritware Painted

Fiziksel açıklama Incense-holder, fritware, quatrefoil with large ornamental handle, painted in yellow, green, blue, red and purple with fine black outlines in the Sivaz style. Inside a seraphim is painted at the bottom and the lobed panes are divided at the top and bottom with zigzags, large flowers and serrated leaves. The exterior is also painted with large flowers and serrated leaves and the handle is painted with the head of an angel or seraphim, on the base is an elaborare cross.

Üretim Label

Üslup Ottoman