Dish
1545-1550 (made)
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This dish was probably made in Iznik in north-west Anatolia. After 1520, the potters there gradually expanded their range of brilliant colours. By 1550, they were using blue, turquoise, sage green, tones of mauve and purple, and a greenish black. These colours have been used here to depict a spray of flowers that rises from a small clump of leaves.
Iznik has given its name to some of the most accomplished ceramics produced in the Islamic Middle East. In the mid 15th century, potters there specialised in modest earthenware imitations of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain. But in the 1460s or 1470s, under the patronage of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror, they began to manufacture bowls, dishes and other pieces of fritware that were elegant in shape and decoration, and often very large.
Iznik has given its name to some of the most accomplished ceramics produced in the Islamic Middle East. In the mid 15th century, potters there specialised in modest earthenware imitations of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain. But in the 1460s or 1470s, under the patronage of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror, they began to manufacture bowls, dishes and other pieces of fritware that were elegant in shape and decoration, and often very large.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed |
| Brief description | Shallow dish with two large flowers flanking four long thin stems with buds or flowers, Turkey (probably Iznik), ca. 1545-1550. |
| Physical description | Shallow dish with two large flowers flanking four long thin stems with buds or flowers. |
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| Credit line | Salting Bequest |
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| Summary | This dish was probably made in Iznik in north-west Anatolia. After 1520, the potters there gradually expanded their range of brilliant colours. By 1550, they were using blue, turquoise, sage green, tones of mauve and purple, and a greenish black. These colours have been used here to depict a spray of flowers that rises from a small clump of leaves. Iznik has given its name to some of the most accomplished ceramics produced in the Islamic Middle East. In the mid 15th century, potters there specialised in modest earthenware imitations of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain. But in the 1460s or 1470s, under the patronage of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror, they began to manufacture bowls, dishes and other pieces of fritware that were elegant in shape and decoration, and often very large. |
| Bibliographic reference | Wallis, Henry Illustrated catalogue of specimens of Persian and Arab art : exhibited in 1885, London : Printed for the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1885
No.560, plate 12. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.2001-1910 |
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| Record created | November 28, 2003 |
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