Object details
Object number
C1s54.2
Creator(s)
Turkish, Kutahya
Title
Pitcher
Date
18th century
Medium
Polychrome underglaze paint on silceous earthenware
Dimensions
12.7 x 18 cm (5 x 7 1/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed (on the underside, in black): three asterisk-like forms (an unidentified pottery mark; illustrated in Horioka, p. 120)
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1915.
Commentary
Pottery made in Kϋtahya in Turkey follows in the tradition of underglaze painting of the Ottoman Empire. The bright yellow tulips on this small pitcher recall stylized designs out of the ceramic workshops at Iznik.
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 22. (as Turkish (Kütahya), 17th or 18th century)
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 119-20, no. 54. (as Turkish (Kütahya), 18th century)
Gallery
Yellow Room
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