Small earthenware jar
Tunis, Tunisia
Musée de la Céramique Sidi Kacem Jelizi
Late 18th century
Terracotta
H. 41 cm, Ø 24 cm
Qallaline
This double-handled and oval-shaped qolla has a long neck and a bulging lip. The decoration is polychromatic and organised in rows. On vase's belly, a row of medallions filled with flowers are bordered by a lattice strip and a herringbone strip on either side. The neck is decorated with alternating yellow, blue and green vertical lines. This item shows traces of both Ottoman and Andalusian influences.
"Small earthenware jar " in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;tn;7;en
Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin
MWNF Working Number: TN 007
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