Tankard in Imitation of Metalwork Form

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last quarter 16th century · Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze · Islamic Art

The shape of this piece conforms to the two major types of tankards produced in Iznik in the late sixteenth century, and the decoration of animals outlined in black in reserve against a green background is also standard. This mixture of lions, hounds, deer, jackals, hares, and birds, in poses ranging from the semiheraldic to unconcerned repose, appears on a great variety of wares and prefigures the continued taste for figural designs in the seventeenth century.

Artist

Unknown

Date

last quarter 16th century

Medium

Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Horace Havemeyer, 1940