Iznik bottle
Athens, Greece
Benaki Museum
16th century; bought in 1920
50
Ceramic
h. 37,5 cm, d. 6 cm
Turkey, Iznik
An Iznik flask, with a spherical body and a long neck, is decorated with polychrome flowers: roses, hyacinth and carnations and the neck displays vertical panels. Bought by A. Benakis in Cairo in 1920 and according to the etiquettes under the base it was part of the 1885 exhibition at the Burlington Arts Club in London and of the 1925 exhibition in Alexandria. Ottoman c. 1575.
Mina Moraitou "Iznik bottle" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;gr;2;en;N
Prepared by: Mina Moraitou
MWNF Working Number: GR 002
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