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Iznik Dish

ca. 1545 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate with softly foliated rim and prominent central artichoke-like motif. Decorated with further floral and saz leaf designs in dark and light blue and green on white ground.

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, underglaze painted in cobalt, turquoise and green
Brief description
Large dish with prominent central artichoke-like motif, Turkey (Iznik), 16th century.
Physical description
Plate with softly foliated rim and prominent central artichoke-like motif. Decorated with further floral and saz leaf designs in dark and light blue and green on white ground.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 37.2cm
  • Height: 7.4cm
Styles
Credit line
Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Nurhan Atasoy and Julian Raby, Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey (London: Alexandria Press, 1989), fig. 344 (colour).
  • Wallis, Henry Illustrated catalogue of specimens of Persian and Arab art : exhibited in 1885, London : Printed for the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1885 No.323, plate 11c.
Collection
Accession number
C.1999-1910

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Record createdJune 16, 2005
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