National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Cup With Vegetal Decoration
Period: Ottoman
Material: Porcelain
Site: Rosh ha-`Ayin
Description: A tiny coffee cup made of porcelain called in Persian " "finjan (small cup), resembling a small bowl probably inspired by the porcelain teacups of China. Porcelain cups were first imported to the Middle East from China in the sixteenth century and by the seventeenth century they were already in great demand. In the late eighteenth century the cup was placed in a metal holder, called a zarf" a habit common especially in Syria and Turkey".
Bibliography:
Brosh, N. 2003. Coffee Culture. Jerusalem, *3-*24, 20-21.

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Cup With Vegetal Decoration  
Photographer :Yolovitch Yael

Cup With Vegetal Decoration  
Photographer :Yolovitch Yael





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