Dish
1550-60 (made)
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| Place of origin |
The colourful character of Italian maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware) may have inspired the introduction of a more colourful palette to the traditional blue and white of early Iznik wares. The new colours included turquoise, then black, sage green and a manganese purple, included in the decoration of this dish.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed |
| Brief description | Dish, fritware, painted in polychrome enamels with sprays of flowers and saz leaves, Turkey, Iznik, 1550-60 |
| Physical description | Dish of pale buff coloured fritware, painted in colours on a white slip and covered with a clear glaze. Painted in cobalt, turquoise-blue, manganese-purple and sage-green, the centre with swirling tulips, chysanthemums, lilies and saz leaves. The rim is decorated with white flowers in groups separated by green crescents on a cobalt ground. The underside with triple-tulip buds alternating with rosettes. |
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| Gallery label | TURKISH (ISNIK); first half of the 16th century |
| Credit line | Salting Bequest |
| Summary | The colourful character of Italian maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware) may have inspired the introduction of a more colourful palette to the traditional blue and white of early Iznik wares. The new colours included turquoise, then black, sage green and a manganese purple, included in the decoration of this dish. |
| 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. 562, plate 11a. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.1984-1910 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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