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Cream paste, white slip and transparent, colourless glaze.
The bottle has a pedestal foot, gourd shaped body and tall flaring neck with a
rim moulding and mouldings at the center and round the shoulder. It is decorated
under glaze in light and dark cobalt blue, turquoise, light green, pale manganese
purple and brownish red, with black outlines. The ground is covered with a scale
pattern. On the center of the body is circular medallion containing an inscription
which reads "Souvenir of Kütahya", flanked by large hatayi flowers inside
lobed medallions. There are isolated rosettes on the body and neck and spiral
and bead bands around the center of the neck.
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