KNOWN CANAKKALE CERAMICS WITH ANIMAL FIGURES IN THE GREAT BRITIAN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

Abstract

Turkish ceramics have gained a prominent place in the collections of many worldwide museums which are well known in the art world. Canakkale ceramics, which continue its production from the end of the 17th century until the beginning of the 20th century, are among them. These ceramics, known for their unique samples, have a special place in Turkish ceramic art with their examples in different forms in the 19th century. Canakkale ceramics, besides known forms such as plates, bowls and vases, have taken an original place in Turkish ceramic art with animal-shaped vessels such as horses, lions, camels and duck-headed jugs. It is possible to come across these ceramics with animal figures in various forms in museums and collections in many cities such as Istanbul Cinili Kosk Museum, Suna-Inan Kirac Collection, Ankara Etnografya Museum in Turkey. In Great Britain, these types of ceramics are in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, British Museum, Cambridge Fitzwilliam Museum, Edinburg National Museum, Glasgow Burrell Collection, Oxford Ashmolean Museum and Durham Oriental Museum collections. This article focuses on the production of Canakkale ceramics with thirteen animal figures in the seven museum collections mentioned. In previous researches on the Canakkale ceramics in the international collections, ceramics registered in the Victoria and Albert Museum in the London were discussed. However, there is no known study about ceramics in other museums yet. It is aimed to bring new examples to the literature by comparing the ceramics in other museum collections with the examples in known publications. With this article prepared by making use of digital record of museums, animal figured Canakkale ceramics in England Museums evaluated in terms of material, technique, form and decoration.