water-bottle; sample(?) BM-Af-+.1756

Period:Unknown Production date:1825-35 (adaptation in Egypt)
Materials:porcelain, leather, fibre (?), wax, water (?),
Technique:

Dimensions:Height: 22.50 centimetres Width: 12 centimetres Depth: 12 centimetres

Description:
Water-bottle containing water from the Zamzam well at Mecca; made of white porcelain in China in the later XVIIIc where decorated with a landscape in underglaze blue; exported to the Middle East, and with a stopper of leather, string and sealing wax added later in Mecca or Egypt.
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Comments:Published in Edward William Lane’s (1836) ‘An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians’ p. 204