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View at the museum ↗Ewer with Incised Floral Decoration
IslamicSafavid dynasty (1501-1722), late 17th/early 18th century
- Attribution
- Iran Gombroon (Bandar Abbas)
- Medium
- Gombroon ware, fritware with incised decoration under transparent glaze
- Physical dimensions
- 23.7 × 17.7 × 13.9 cm (9 5/16 × 7 × 5 1/2 in.)
- Credit line
- Mary Jane Gunsaulus Collection
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This elegant ewer features lightly incised decoration under a transparent glaze. A type of ceramics commonly known as Gombroon ware, the name is derived from the port of Bandar-e 'Abbas (known as Gombroon by the British), from where these ceramics were exported in the 18th century. Both the Dutch and English East India Companies populated Bandar-e 'Abbas and traded heavily in ceramics. This ware was popular outside of the Islamic world because its delicate, glassy appearance was thought to closely resemble Chinese porcelain.
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