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Conical object

Title	Conical object
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1750
Publication Place	KÃ¼tahya (made) Turkey -
Subject	Floral Sprays
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Taken from register height: 3.75in, Taken from register diameter: 2.125in
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	C.2041-1910
Record ID	C.2041-1910
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1750
Notes	The purpose of this object is far from clear. It is conical in shape with a short splayed foot, pierced vertically by a brass tube. Its external form hints at that of a shaker, but there is no space inside sufficient to form a container.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Fritware, polychrome painted, glazed; metal Fritware Fired Glazed
Fiziksel açıklama	Conical shape with a low, spreading base and an aperture at the top encircled by a brass, ?-petal flower-shape fitting. A brass tube runs vertically through the body. Fritware, with painted decoration in cobalt blue, turquoise, red? and yellow on a white ground under a clear glaze. The decorative scheme is composed, starting from the bottom up, of a band of twisted ribbon ornament around the base and a circle of interlaced loops where the foot meets the body. Above this 12 ? painted sections each contain a small floral spray with blue stems and leaves and alternately blue or yellow blossoms. Above these, on the main section of the body, are 4? floral sprays, each with blue leaves and blue, yellow and red? blossoms arranged symmetrically.
Üslup	Ottoman

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Conical object

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1750

Publication Place KÃ¼tahya (made) Turkey -

Subject Floral Sprays

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Taken from register height: 3.75in, Taken from register diameter: 2.125in

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID C.2041-1910

Record ID C.2041-1910

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1750

Notes The purpose of this object is far from clear. It is conical in shape with a short splayed foot, pierced vertically by a brass tube. Its external form hints at that of a shaker, but there is no space inside sufficient to form a container.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Fritware, polychrome painted, glazed; metal Fritware Fired Glazed

Fiziksel açıklama Conical shape with a low, spreading base and an aperture at the top encircled by a brass, ?-petal flower-shape fitting. A brass tube runs vertically through the body. Fritware, with painted decoration in cobalt blue, turquoise, red? and yellow on a white ground under a clear glaze. The decorative scheme is composed, starting from the bottom up, of a band of twisted ribbon ornament around the base and a circle of interlaced loops where the foot meets the body. Above this 12 ? painted sections each contain a small floral spray with blue stems and leaves and alternately blue or yellow blossoms. Above these, on the main section of the body, are 4? floral sprays, each with blue leaves and blue, yellow and red? blossoms arranged symmetrically.

Üslup Ottoman