Plate
circa 1535-40 (made)
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This plate is the only known example of an Iznik vessel decorated with a portrait. Even more strikingly, the portrait is not of a Turk but of an Italian youth. He is shown wearing a cap with a feather and buttoned shirt with a collar against a landscape background composed of a series of hills with trees.
Iznik is the name given to the splendid ceramics produced in the town of that name in north-west Turkey in the 15th to 17th centuries. This plate belongs to a group of wares made around 1500 to 1550 and painted in blue and turquoise with decoration inspired by diverse sources. These included Chinese porcelain and Italian maiolica, which may have been the source of the portrait on this piece. The shape of the plate is also Italian, with a wide, flat rim and a shallow central recess. This object is clear evidence of the intense commercial and other contacts between Turkey and Italy in the 16th century.
Iznik is the name given to the splendid ceramics produced in the town of that name in north-west Turkey in the 15th to 17th centuries. This plate belongs to a group of wares made around 1500 to 1550 and painted in blue and turquoise with decoration inspired by diverse sources. These included Chinese porcelain and Italian maiolica, which may have been the source of the portrait on this piece. The shape of the plate is also Italian, with a wide, flat rim and a shallow central recess. This object is clear evidence of the intense commercial and other contacts between Turkey and Italy in the 16th century.
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Materials and techniques | Fritware, painted under the glaze |
Brief description | Broad-rimmed dish (tondino) with a depiction of an Italian youth in a landscape, Turkey (Iznik), around 1535-40. |
Physical description | Broad-rimmed dish (tondino) with a depiction of an Italian youth in a landscape, Turkey (Iznik), around 1535-40. |
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Gallery label | Jameel Gallery
Tondino with Portrait of Italian
Turkey, probably Iznik
1535-40
Fritware painted under the glaze
Museum no. 5763-1859(2006-2009) |
Historical context | This plate belongs to a group of wares painted in blue and turquoise which are exemplary of a new trend in Iznik pottery which looked to Italian majolica and Chinese porcelain for decorative inspiration. The shape of the plate with its wide flat rim and shallow recess is also of Italian origin. |
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Summary | This plate is the only known example of an Iznik vessel decorated with a portrait. Even more strikingly, the portrait is not of a Turk but of an Italian youth. He is shown wearing a cap with a feather and buttoned shirt with a collar against a landscape background composed of a series of hills with trees. Iznik is the name given to the splendid ceramics produced in the town of that name in north-west Turkey in the 15th to 17th centuries. This plate belongs to a group of wares made around 1500 to 1550 and painted in blue and turquoise with decoration inspired by diverse sources. These included Chinese porcelain and Italian maiolica, which may have been the source of the portrait on this piece. The shape of the plate is also Italian, with a wide, flat rim and a shallow central recess. This object is clear evidence of the intense commercial and other contacts between Turkey and Italy in the 16th century. |
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Accession number | 5763-1859 |
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Record created | November 18, 2003 |
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