Description & Technical information

The baluster-shaped jug painted in blue, black, red and green with swaying carnations, tulips and dotty stems. A similar band of carnations and tulips swaying in the opposite direction around the neck. For a similar jug, see Hulya Bilgi: Dance of Fire, Iznik Tiles in the Sadberk Hanim Museum and Omer M Koc Collections, no 146.

Stock no.: A3544

Date:  2nd half of the 16th century
Period:  1400-1600, 16th Century
Origin:  Ottoman Turkey
Medium: Ceramic decorated with underglaze polychrome
Dimensions: 22.2 cm (8³/₄ inches)
Categories: Oriental and Asian Art