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Dish
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Dish
- Place of origin:
Iznik, Turkey (made)
Turkey (probably) - Date:
ca. 1585-1590 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed
- Museum number:
474-1892
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Asia & Europe, room 137, case 28, shelf 4
Physical description
Dish, with shallow bowl and ring foot. Exterior decorated with alternating flower and sprig motifs and stripes in blue. Upper surface decorated with various design using leaf motifs, a band of guilloche and a scrolling pattern border just beneath rim, in blue, green and red on white. Dish is pierced with several holes (for wiring of cracks).
Place of Origin
Iznik, Turkey (made)
Turkey (probably)
Date
ca. 1585-1590 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed
Dimensions
Diameter: 27.1 cm, Height: 5 cm
Descriptive line
Dish, fritware, painted in colours with radiating foliate design, Turkey (Iznik), ca.1585-90.
Labels and date
DISH
White earthenware painted in underglaze colours.
TURKISH (ISNIK); second half of 16th century. [Old gallery label]
Production Note
Dating based on overall similarity to dish in Iznik catalogue (fig. 489).
Materials
Fritware
Techniques
Underglaze
Categories
Islam; Ceramics
Collection code
MES
