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Cup and Saucer

Ottoman period
1775–1800
Object Place: possibly Kütahya, Turkey

Medium/Technique Fritware, painted over white slip under a transparent glaze.
Dimensions Height x diameter: 4 x 7 cm (1 9/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of George Washington Wales
Accession Number85.260a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsCeramics

DescriptionA bowl-shaped, handleless cup and a similarly decorated saucer, both painted in blue and black. Blue is used only to delineate the single register of design on each piece, with single, circular lines, while a double blue line is painted inside the cup's footring. The outside of the cup and the face of the saucer are both painted in black and dark gray with large, almost abstract, fruits or floral forms, smaller leaves, stems and scattered comb-like figures.
ProvenanceBought for $25.00.