{"data":{"objectsJson":{"prn":"RRM15544","title":"The \"Abraham of Kütahya\" Ewer (Object)","type":"jug","mn":"G.1","style":"Iznik","culture":"Ottoman dynasty","date":"11 March 1510 (dated)","prod_place":"Made in: Iznik","findspot":null,"mat":"pottery","technique":"glazed","dimensions":"Height: 17.10 cm\nDiameter: 7.00 cm (rim)\nDiameter: 7.30 cm (foot)","inscription":"Inscription details: inscription in Armenian in Armenian script\n   Inscription quoted: \n   Inscription translation: \"This vessel is in commemoration of Abraham, servant of God, of Kcotcay (Kutahya).  In the year 959 (1510 AD), March llth\".\n   Inscription note: The base with an inscription in Armenian (in bolorgir) under the glaze.","location":"34","exhib_hist":"Exhibited:\n\n2001 2 Mar-27 May, London, The British Library, 'Treasures from the Ark: 1700 Years of Armenian Christian Art'","subjects":"dragon","assoc_names":"Illustration to: Abraham of Kutahya","assoc_places":null,"assoc_titles":null,"acqu_name":"Bequeathed by: Miss Edith Godman","acqu_date":"1983","desc":"Spouted jug, made of blue and white glazed pottery. It has a globular body and an elaborate piece-moulded neck with a torus moulding and flaring rim, standing on a profiled foot. The handle is in the form of a scaly dragon with gaping mouth and serpentine tail. The straight tubular spout tapers and bends towards the tip. The vessel is painted in tones of cobalt blue with a band of split-palmette arabesques reserved on a cobalt ground above a narrower band of foliate scrolls on a white ground. The shoulder has a bracketed panels enclosing leaves bordered with darts; the torus moulding has a chain band; waisted neck with vertical spotted lappets separated by leaves, with an undulating rumi scroll below the rim. The spout has vertical cable bands between tadpole-like motifs. The base has an inscription in Armenian (in bolorgir) under the glaze: \"This vessel is in commemoration of Abraham, servant of God, of Kcotcay (Kutahya). In the year 959 (1510 AD), March llth\".","comments":"The Ottomans established a distinctive court style that appeared on objects  made across the empire. One of their greatest artistic achievements was the  glorious pottery of Iznik,  a centre of ceramic production established in the  1480s that continued for over 200 years. Over time, Iznik potters introduced  different shapes, styles and colours, culminating in the 1550s with a brilliant red  and a range of floral motifs, including the tulip, whose introduction  to Europe led  to ‘Tulipomania.’ \nThe Ottoman elite, including Muslims, Christians and Jews, all  commissioned and consumed products such as Iznik ceramics. The Armenian  inscription on the base of this ewer commemorates ‘Abraham, servant of God, of  Kütahya.’ Kütahya was a thriving town under the Ottomans, with many Armenian  Christians residing there. \nThe date 959 is in the Armenian calendar equivalent to 1510 AD.\n\nLabels: Case No ... Ewer Godman; Godman; 35. The vessel is after a northern Italian prototype for liturgical use.","gateway":true,"fields":{"main_image":{"childImageSharp":{"sizes":{"aspectRatio":1.76,"src":"/static/0-adf02cc755e9da3c572d70996ee5b213-5882f.jpg","srcSet":"/static/0-adf02cc755e9da3c572d70996ee5b213-34761.jpg 88w,\n/static/0-adf02cc755e9da3c572d70996ee5b213-2740e.jpg 175w,\n/static/0-adf02cc755e9da3c572d70996ee5b213-5882f.jpg 350w,\n/static/0-adf02cc755e9da3c572d70996ee5b213-048b0.jpg 360w","sizes":"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px"}}},"all_images":[{"name":"0","publicURL":"/static/0-adf02cc755e9da3c572d70996ee5b213.jpg"},{"name":"1","publicURL":"/static/1-30f8b514b748dd16f63e16e828335ff2.jpg"},{"name":"2","publicURL":"/static/2-9dbb36a2cac1f21543c99b8f44bc3c2f.jpg"},{"name":"3","publicURL":"/static/3-d9cda54c0c5da7465f56df68c4a6f6c0.jpg"},{"name":"4","publicURL":"/static/4-f3173e64c7e269c81b7234d577c83363.jpg"},{"name":"5","publicURL":"/static/5-184a1a63ecec949f709a8bf1a80b1937.jpg"}]}},"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"The British Museum: Islamic Gallery"}}},"pageContext":{"prn":"RRM15544"}}