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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Dish

ca. 1535-1540 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Iznik (made)
Turkey (made)

Rimless deep dish


Object details

Category
Ceramics
Object type
Dish
Materials and techniques
Fritware, underglaze painted in cobalt blue and turquoise, glazed
Fritware
Glazed
Brief description
Dish,fritware, painted in underglaze blue and turquoise with flower design, Turkey (Iznik), 1535-40.
Physical description
Rimless deep dish
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 32.8cm
Gallery label
DISH White earthenware painted in blue and turquoise. TURKISH (ISNIK); first half of 16th century.(Used until 01/2004)
Production
Catalogued as Kütahya ware in the Register
Subject depicted
Flower
Bibliographic references
  • Lane, Arthur. Later Islamic Pottery. London: Faber and Faber, 1957. 133p., ill. Pages 51-2, plate 31B
  • Nurhan Atasoy and Julian Raby, Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, London: Alexandria Press, 1989, fig. 321 (color).
Collection
Middle East Section
Accession number
185-1892

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Record createdNovember 18, 2003
Record URL
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