basin

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Object Type: basin
Museum number: G.67
Description: Footed basin. Undulating scrolls of composite lotus and saz leaves, cable band and meander. Six panels, cloud scrolls, hyacinth stems. Made of green-black, turquoise, cobalt painted and glazed and stencilled ceramic, pottery.
School/style: Iznik
Cultures/periods: Ottoman dynasty
Production date: 1545-1550 (circa)
Production place: Made in: Iznik
Materials: pottery
Technique: painted; glazed; stencilled
Dimensions: Diameter: 20 centimetres (base); Diameter: 44.10 centimetres (rim); Height: 27 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Atasoy & Raby 1989 / Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey (fig.233, 357); Denny 2004 / Iznik: The Artistry of Ottoman Ceramics (p.133); Burlington 1885 / Illustrated Catalogue of Specimens of Persian and Arab Art Exhibited in 1885 (533)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2006, London, Tate Britain, East-West: Objects between cultures
Subjects: plant; leaf; lotus
Acquisition name: Bequeathed by: Miss Edith Godman
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Frederick Du Cane Godman; Previous owner/ex-collection: Louis Huth
Acquisition date: 1983
Department: Middle East
Registration number: G.67
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: Godman 67
Conservation: Treatment: 13 Jul 2006

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