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Ewer with Sailing-Ship Design

early 17th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 459
The lateen-rigged ships here are painted in a loose, almost freehand style on a green ground popular in seventeenth-century wares. The ubiquitous cloudlike motifs that drift between the ships also appear on many animal jugs and tankards.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Ewer with Sailing-Ship Design
  • Date: early 17th century
  • Geography: Made in Turkey, Iznik
  • Medium: Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze
  • Dimensions: H. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm)
    Max. diam. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1919
  • Object Number: 19.67
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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