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Allan, James W., Islamic Ceramics, Ashmolean-Christie's Handbooks (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1991), no. 46 on p. 72, illus. p. 73
Atasoy, Nurhan, and Julian Raby, Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, ed. Yanni Petsopoulos (London: Alexandria Press in association with Laurence King, 1994), no. 736, p. 264, fig. 736
London: Royal Academy of Arts, 22 January-12 April 2005, Turks: A Journey of a Thousand Years, 600 - 1600, David J. Roxburgh, ed. (London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2005), no. 331 on pp. 460-461, illus. p. 351 no. 331
fritware, underglaze painting
Ceramic material composed of ground quartz and small quantities of clay and finely ground frit (frit is obtained by pouring molten glass into water).
Painting applied to ceramic material before a transparent, or monochrome or coloured glaze for Islamic objects, is applied. The technique was initially developed in China.
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