Jar

19th century

Italian (Genoa)

Ceramic with underglaze and inglaze decoration

Height: 23 1/4in. (59.1cm)

Diameter at mouth: 7 3/4in. (19.7cm)

Diameter at neck: 5in. (12.7cm)

Diameter at shoulder: 19in. (48.3cm)

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

48.148

Provenance: [David Benzaria, New York]; purchased from gallery as Iznik by Seattle Art Museum (Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection), June, 1948

Not currently on view

Resources

Published References"Handbook, Seattle Art Museum: Selected Works from the Permanent Collections." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1951, p. 19 (b&w) (as Turkish, Rhodian type)

Wilson, Patricia Boyd. "The Home Forum," The Christian Science Monitor, 29 December 1969, p. 8

Kerametli, Can. "Second half of the 16th century Iznik Ceramics," Antika, The Turkish Journal of Collectable Art, Issue 7, October 1985 (as Iznik)

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