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human history
  • Other Name

    Signature of Blue

  • Description

    Stoneware, pigmented. Overglaze.

    The artist, Turkish born Zehra Cobanli, quotes from the histories of her country where Arabic scripts, from the Ottoman era, can still be seen in many mosques. Cobanli alters the scale of the script over an air-brushed surface visually textured with scraps of textiles.

  • Place
    Turkey
  • Accession Number
    2008.1.55
  • Accession Date
    08 Jan 2008
  • Other Id

    14130 (Asset Register)

  • Department

    Applied Arts and Design

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