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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Islamic Middle East, Room 42, The Jameel Gallery

Bowl

1550-1555 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This is one of the large hemispherical basins that are among the finest examples of Islamic pottery. They were made in Iznik, a small town in north-west Anatolia. This example illustrates the monumental size, accomplished potting and well-planned decoration for which they are admired.

The white ground of this basin is painted in four colours - blue, turquoise, sage green and purple. A stylised leaf and rosette pattern has been consigned to the foot. The walls of the basin, inside and out, have vases filled with tulips, carnations and roses arranged in rows between small cypress trees.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, underglaze polychrome painted in green, manganese and blue, glazed
Brief description
Fritware basin with floral sprays and cypress trees, Turkey (probably Iznik), 1550-1555.
Physical description
Footed bowl, fritware, underglaze-painted in cobalt and turquoise blue, olive-green and manganese-purple, with decoration of floral sprays and cypress trees framed within arches inside and out.
Dimensions
  • Height: 28cm
  • Diameter: 43.2cm
Styles
Gallery label
Jameel Gallery Basin with Flowers and Cypresses Turkey, probably Iznik 1550-5 This basin, like that on the left, was painted in four colours - blue, turquoise, sage-green and purple - on a white ground. The stylised leaf and rosette pattern has been consigned to the foot. The walls of the basin, inside and out, have vases filled with tulips, carnations and roses arranged in rows between small cypress trees. Fritware painted under the glaze Museum no. 242-1876(Jameel Gallery)
Subjects depicted
Summary
This is one of the large hemispherical basins that are among the finest examples of Islamic pottery. They were made in Iznik, a small town in north-west Anatolia. This example illustrates the monumental size, accomplished potting and well-planned decoration for which they are admired.

The white ground of this basin is painted in four colours - blue, turquoise, sage green and purple. A stylised leaf and rosette pattern has been consigned to the foot. The walls of the basin, inside and out, have vases filled with tulips, carnations and roses arranged in rows between small cypress trees.
Bibliographic references
  • Atasoy, Nurhan & Raby, Julian, Iznik: the pottery of Ottoman Turkey (London, 1989): plate 243, p.139
  • Baker, Malcolm, and Brenda Richardson (eds.), A Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: V&A Publications, 1999.
Collection
Accession number
242-1876

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Record createdApril 2, 2003
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