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Iznikware Pot
Artist: Turkish
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Date: circa 1570-1580
Materials: tin-glazed earthenware & silver-gilt mounts
Dimensions: 26 x 14cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £100 (Total: £0)
Vendor: Durlacher & Company
Review number: 10 (1905)
Description:
Though made in Iznik, Turkey, the silver gilt on this Rhodian pot was probably added in England. The vessel is painted with tulips and leaves in red and green on a blue ground. The lid consists of three masks - two lions and a female mask - in burnished cartouches between fruit on ribbon pendants. Ceramic-ware flourished in Iznik in the 16th and 17th centuries, much influenced by the blue-and-white porcelain of Ming-dynasty China and by Persian ceramics.
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