Name of Object:

Jar with animal decorations

Location:

Le Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia

Holding Institution:

Musée National du Bardo

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

Date of Object:

19th century

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Terracotta

Dimensions:

H. 53 cm, Ø 26cm

Provenance:

Qallaline

Description:

This oval-shaped double-handled charbiya has a long neck, a curved rim and a flat bottom. The main colours of the decorations are yellow, green and brown. On the shoulders, a strip of leaves in green and yellow are superimposed on a paler green background. A second strip of brown herringbone sits above a yellow and brown spotted cheetah, painted in profile with its head turned in full face and its big green eyes wide open. Its back is raised and topped with a ribbed crest. This item shows traces of both Ottoman and Andalusian influences.

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Ceramic; terracotta

Citation of this web page:

"Jar with animal decorations " in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2025.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;tn;8;en

Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: TN 008