Ornamental vase - With decoration imitating so-called Saracen (Arabic) silk fabric
| Accession Nr.: | 78.15.1 |
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| Manufacturer: | Zsolnay factory (Pécs) |
| Date of production: |
ca. 1890
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| Place of production: | Pécs |
| Inscription: | a talpon fehér mezőben vörössel festve: öttorony ábrája / ZSOLNAY PÉCS felirat |
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| Materials: | porcelain-faience |
| Techniques: | cast; painted with polychrome eosin glazes |
| Dimensions: |
height: 29,5 cm
opening diameter: 3,7 cm
base diameter: 7,1 cm
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>The oriental decor – included griffins, dragons, qilin and palmette-leafs – adorning the Zsolnay vase, imitates the pattern of a 13th-century North African “Saracen” (Arabic) silk fabric preserved in the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna. The ornamentation was published in Pattern Book of Friedrich Fischbach, titled Ornamente der Gewebe (Hanau 1874). (Fig. 15/B – see here and here)
