Tazza, or cup, with saz leaves and peonies

Details

• Title

  Tazza, or cup, with saz leaves and peonies

• Associated place

  Asia › Turkey (place of creation)

  Asia › Turkey › Marmara Bölgesi (Marmara) Region › Iznik (probable) (probable place of creation)

• Date

  c. 1580
  Ottoman Period (1281 - 1924)

• Material and technique

  fritware, with underglaze painting in blue and grey

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › glazed composition › stonepaste › fritware

• Technique index

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › tazza

• Dimensions

  8.8 cm (height)
  32.2 cm (diameter)
  at foot 20.5 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.1467

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