Candlestick with tulip blossoms

Details

• Title

  Candlestick with tulip blossoms

• Associated place

  Asia › Turkey (place of creation)

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

• Date

  c. 1560
  Ottoman Period (1281 - 1924)

• Material and technique

  fritware, with polychrome underglaze painting

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › glazed composition › stonepaste › fritware

• Technique index

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › holder › candle-holder › candlestick

• Dimensions

  19 cm (height)
  12.7 cm max. (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by C. D. E. Fortnum, 1899.

• Museum location

  First floor | Gallery 31 | Islamic Middle East

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.3276

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