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Tall cup
Ottoman period
18th century
Object Place: Kütahya, Turkey
Medium/Technique
Fritware, painted over white slip, with transparent glaze.
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 4.5 x 7 cm (1 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of George Washington Wales
Accession Number85.264
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsCeramics
DescriptionA tall coffee cup in mid-buff fritware, painted outside underglaze in blue.(without apparent outlining.) This decoration is divided into four vertical panels between double concentric lines at top and bottom. Each panel shows a vase with three lobes suggesting Chinese rockwork and with protruding leafy plants. At their base the vases are flanked by thick scrolling lines, and similar lines are used to separate the panels - with hints of a continuing field above and below. The base is undecorated, except by an ‘S’ or ‘N’ shaped artist mark.