Name of Object:

Bowl with stand

Location:

Tunis, Tunisia

Holding Institution:

Musée de la Céramique Sidi Kacem Jelizi

 About Higher Institute for the Study of Contemporary History of Tunisia, University of Manouba, Tunis

Date of Object:

19th century

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Ceramic

Provenance:

Unknown

Description:

This bowl with a bulging rim sits on a stand. The decoration is made of two layers of concentric patterns around a central circle, filled with winged motifs. These green and brown patterns are painted on a yellow background. Although this kind of bowl is usually used to serve couscous, in the town Nabeul, and particularly for the occasion of Islamic New Year, each child is presented with a methred bowl, filled with golden couscous, dried fruit, dates, a hard-boiled egg and sweets. This all surrounds a statuette made of sugar, moulded and coloured to resemble an animal (such as a rooster or a gazelle) or a figure, like a doll or cavalier.

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Ceramics

Citation of this web page:

Saloua Khadhar Zangar "Bowl with stand " in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2025.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;tn;11;en

Prepared by: Saloua Khadhar Zangar
Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: TN 011