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Maker:

Unknown; potter

Name(s):

dish
Islamic pottery; category
Iznik; category

Date:

circa 1650 — circa 1675

Description(s):

fritware painted in polychrome under a colourless glaze
fritware, probably mould made, painted in blue, green and red with black outlines under a colourless glaze
Shape: segmental bowl with a slightly everted rim, sits on a low, wide foot ring
Interior: reserved in blue or green on the rim, a frieze of half rosettes dotted with red and paired leaves. On the body a ewer decorated with a blue and green scale pattern is surrounded by a circular floral spray. Glaze contains impurities which are evident erupting on the surface in places.
Exterior: on the body a frieze of stylised blue rosettes and green leaves. Surface is glazed except for an irregular concentric band from the exterior foot ring to the outermost section of the base.

Production
Place:

Turkey, Anatolia, Iznik

Production
Place (legacy):

Iznik, pottery, place
Turkey, pottery, country
Turkish, pottery, nationality

Technique(s):

moulding; whole
painting underglaze; interior; blue, green and red with black
painting underglaze; exterior body; blue, green, black
glazing (coating); whole; colourless, covers surface except for an irregular concentric band from the exterior foot ring to the outermost section of the base

Material(s):

fritware; whole
pigment; interior; blue, green and red with black
pigment; exterior body; blue, green, black
glaze; whole; colourless, covers surface except for an irregular concentric band from the exterior foot ring to the outermost section of the base

Dimension(s):

height, whole, 6.4, cm
width, whole, 29.1, cm
diameter, rim, 29.1, cm
diameter, base, 15.7, cm
weight, whole, 907, g

Acquisition:

bequeathed; 1928; Glaisher, J.W.L., Dr

Exhibition(s):

Die Türken vor Wien. 1983-05-05 - 1983-10-30
Organiser: Historischen Museums der Stadt Wien
Venue: Historischen Museums der Stadt Wien, Vienne
Notes: see Documentation
Catalogue number: 25/32

Documentation:

Rackham, Bernard. 1935 (reprinted Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, 1987). Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Pressp. 223
Publ. Vol. I, p. 223, no. 1779

Atasoy, Nurhan. Raby, Julian. Petsopoulos, Yanni. 1989. Iznik : the Pottery of Ottoman Turkey.London: Alexandria Press
Cf. decoration on the rim and coarse painting style see catalogue numbers 663, 667, 668 (p. 282-3). Ref. on 17th century wares (p. 280-2). and on Iznik

Carswell, John. 1998. Iznik Pottery.London: British Museum Publications Limitedp. 106-113
Ref. on 17th century Iznik production

Sotheby's. 2006. Arts of the Islamic World.London: Sotheby's
Cf. no. 779, a dish in the Victoria and Albert Museum (c.2044-1910) decorated with a mainly red coffee pot within a wreath of stylized flowers and foliage, and a cloud scroll border, dated to c. 1590-1600

Sotheby's London. 2008. Arts of the Islamic World including Fine Carpets and Textiles.London: Sotheby'sp. 192
Cf. p. 192, lot 217, a dish decorated with a coffee pot and wreath, and a different border pattern on the rim. Dated to the 17th century. Estimate £8,000-£10,000. Other examples mentioned

Queiroz Ribeiro, Maria. 1996. Louças Iznik Pottery.Lisbon: Museu Calouste Gulbenkian
Cf. depiction of ewer surrounded by circular floral spray but with different decoration on rim see catalogue number 111 (p. 288-9). Ref. on Iznik

, Historischen Museums der Stadt Wien1983. Die Türken vor Wien. Europa und die Entscheidung an der Donau 1683.Wien: Museen der Stadt Wienp. 346
Publ. catalogue number 25/32

Paynter, S.. Okyar, S.F.. Wolf, S.. Tite, M.S. The Production Technology of Iznik Pottery : A Reassessment.
Source Title: Archaeometry 46 3 ()
p. 421-437
Ref. on Iznik technology

Accession:

Object Number: C.1779-1928
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 72600; input: 2004-03-11; modified: 2012-10-15)

Permanent
Identifier:

http://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72600