Dish
ca. 1575-1580 (made)
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This dish is decorated with a floral spray rising from a small clump of leaves. It is just one of the enormous range of designs employed by potters at the Iznik kilns in north-west Anatolia.
The imperial Ottoman court renewed its patronage of Iznik ceramics during the construction of the Süleymaniye mosque in Istanbul in the period 1550 to 1557. The first Iznik tiles were produced, and potters added a bright red to the range of colours painted under the glaze. This was achieved with a slip made from a special clay.
In the following decades, Iznik tiles of high quality were decorated in red, green and tones of blue on a white ground. Dishes, bottles and other vessels had similar decoration on white or coloured grounds.
In the most celebrated Iznik wares, the sage green was replaced by a bright emerald colour, and the mauves and purples by red slip. Black was mostly used for outlines.
The imperial Ottoman court renewed its patronage of Iznik ceramics during the construction of the Süleymaniye mosque in Istanbul in the period 1550 to 1557. The first Iznik tiles were produced, and potters added a bright red to the range of colours painted under the glaze. This was achieved with a slip made from a special clay.
In the following decades, Iznik tiles of high quality were decorated in red, green and tones of blue on a white ground. Dishes, bottles and other vessels had similar decoration on white or coloured grounds.
In the most celebrated Iznik wares, the sage green was replaced by a bright emerald colour, and the mauves and purples by red slip. Black was mostly used for outlines.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed |
| Brief description | Dish with quatre-fleurs decoration, Turkey (Iznik), 1575-1580. |
| Physical description | Dish with a white slip, underglaze-painted in floral polychrome style. In the centre of the dish, blue tulips highlighted with red dots in relief bole red, bole red rosettes and emerald-green elongated leaves. Foliate rim decorated with a border of tight, black spirals outlined in cobalt blue |
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| Summary | This dish is decorated with a floral spray rising from a small clump of leaves. It is just one of the enormous range of designs employed by potters at the Iznik kilns in north-west Anatolia. The imperial Ottoman court renewed its patronage of Iznik ceramics during the construction of the Süleymaniye mosque in Istanbul in the period 1550 to 1557. The first Iznik tiles were produced, and potters added a bright red to the range of colours painted under the glaze. This was achieved with a slip made from a special clay. In the following decades, Iznik tiles of high quality were decorated in red, green and tones of blue on a white ground. Dishes, bottles and other vessels had similar decoration on white or coloured grounds. In the most celebrated Iznik wares, the sage green was replaced by a bright emerald colour, and the mauves and purples by red slip. Black was mostly used for outlines. |
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| Accession number | 725-1893 |
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| Record created | September 4, 2002 |
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