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Flask in Two Sections with "Golden Horn” or Tugrakes Motif

Arts of the Islamic World

On View: Arts of the Islamic World, 2nd floor
MEDIUM Ceramic; fritware, painted in cobalt blue under a transparent glaze; 19th-century brass mount
  • Place Made: Iznik, Turkey
  • DATES first half 16th century
    PERIOD Ottoman
    DIMENSIONS 12 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (31.1 × 16.5 cm)  (show scale)
    ACCESSION NUMBER 73.66.3a-c
    CREDIT LINE Special Middle Eastern Art Fund
    PROVENANCE Prior to 1973, provenance not yet documented; by 1973, acquired by Charles Dikran Kelekian; May 15, 1973, purchased from Charles Dikran Kelekian by the Brooklyn Museum.
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    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Arts of the Islamic World, 2nd floor
    CAPTION Flask in Two Sections with "Golden Horn” or Tugrakes Motif, first half 16th century. Ceramic; fritware, painted in cobalt blue under a transparent glaze; 19th-century brass mount, 12 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (31.1 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Special Middle Eastern Art Fund, 73.66.3a-c. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 73.66.3a-c_PS2.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, 73.66.3a-c_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2009
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     <em>Flask in Two Sections with "Golden Horn” or Tugrakes Motif</em>, first half 16th century. Ceramic; fritware, painted in cobalt blue under a transparent glaze; 19th-century brass mount, 12 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (31.1 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Special Middle Eastern Art Fund, 73.66.3a-c. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 73.66.3a-c_PS2.jpg)