Vase - With decoration imitating so-called Saracen (Arabic) silk fabric
| Accession Nr.: | 1346 |
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| Manufacturer: | Zsolnay factory (Pécs) |
| Place of production: | Pécs |
| Inscription: | alján masszába nyomva: ZSOLNAY / PÉCS / 4296; vörös körben arannyal: öttornyos gyári jegy / ZSOLNAY PÉCS. felirat |
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| Materials: | hard earthenware |
| Techniques: | cast; painted with polychrome eosin glazes |
| Dimensions: |
height: 40,7 cm
opening diameter: 14,5 cm
base diameter: 10,7 cm
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>Preparing for the year of the Millennium (1896), researching the origin and style of the Hungarians, several special patterns were created in the Zsolnay factory in Pécs, which were combined with the iridescent eosin glaze technique. The decoration, which consists of figures of griffins and phoenixes sitting on palmette-leaf tendrils, imitates the pattern of a 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. 96/A – see here and here)
