Ceramic Vessel in the Shape of a Mosque Lamp, 1525–40, Made in Turkey, Iznik, Stonepaste; painted in blue under transparent glaze, H. 6 11/16 in. (17 cm), Ceramics, With its delicate spiraling stem design, this small vessel belongs to a group of ceramics formerly referred to as 'Golden Horn' wares. Current scholarship, however, prefers the term tughrakes-, or 'tughra illuminator' style for such decoration, comparing its design to the fine swirling vines adorning tughra calligraphies
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Ceramic Vessel, Shape, Mosque Lamp, 1525–40, Turkey, Iznik, Stonepaste, painted, blue under transparent glaze, H, 6 11/16, 17 cm, Ceramics, delicate spiraling stem, design, small vessel, belongs, group, ceramics formerly, referred, Golden Horn, wares, Current scholarship, prefers, term tughrakes, tughra illuminator, style, decoration, comparing, fine swirling, vines, adorning, tughra, calligraphies
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