2001.202.A-B: Sherbet Pitcher with Detachable Lid
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2001.202.A-B
- Title
- Sherbet Pitcher with Detachable Lid
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- late 19th century - early 20th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey), Istanbul
- Period
- Ottoman period
- Culture
- Ottoman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/174442
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Earthenware, slip-covered and burnished, with decoration painted in gold and silver and stamped
- Dimensions
- 15.6 cm (6 1/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- inscription: body, both sides, stamped
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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David N. Silich, St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Corina and David Silich-von Schulthess in appreciation of Mary Rose Bolton
- Accession Year
- 2001
- Object Number
- 2001.202.A-B
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- The pear-shaped body of this pitcher rests on a flat base; a bulbous spout terminates in a ringed opening, and the applied, faceted handle curves from neck to base. The conical lid terminates in a dome-shaped finial. The decoration consists of painted ornament in gold and silver in the shape of crescent, star, and sun motifs. Stamped motifs include small flowers, herring-bone bands, and small leaves with a tiny central knop. The maker’s stamp appears within a sun burst on two sides of the body, and may probably be read as "al-Hamdi."
Verification Level
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