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Handled bottle
Ottoman period
about 1590
Object Place: Iznik, Turkey
Medium/Technique
Fritware, painted in polychrome over white slip and covered with a transparent glaze.
Dimensions
Height x width: 23 x 13 cm (9 1/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of George Washington Wales
Accession Number03.190
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsCeramics
DescriptionA handled water-bottle (ewer, güze) The decoration, on a white slip ground is outlined in black and painted underglaze in turquoise, blue and raised red. The jug is painted in five registers. The narrow upper and lower border are simply painted with geometric repeats in black. The body of the jug shows rumi elements in reserve against a turquoise ground and joined by curving lines. These leaf-like forms are accented with complementary blue shapes, while small circular white areas are picked out with red dots. The lower part of the neck shows vertical red and blue curves on a white ground (and suggesting gadrooning) while the upper part shows rumis in smaller scale, again against a turquoise ground. The handle is simply decorated, with blue painted lines.
InscriptionsPainted: M.P. 93.