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Unknown Maker, Turkish

Dish with Floral Design
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Maker

Unknown Maker, Turkish

Culture

Turkish

Title

Dish with Floral Design

Period

Ottoman Dynasty

Year

ca. 1550-1575

Medium

  • Fritware with pigments and glaze

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Fritware with pigments and glaze

Materials

silicaceous ceramic, white slip

Geography

Origin: Turkey

Dimensions

Height: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Miss Theodora Lyman

Object Number

19.271

Type

  • Ceramics

Publications

  • Journal

Glimpses of Grandeur: Courtly Arts of the Later Islamic Empires

  • Books

Selected Works

Exhibition History

Asian Art Galleries
Jun 10, 2014

Label copy

Potters in Iznik, Turkey, admired Chinese porcelain but worked in fritware, an entirely different ceramic body which provided a bright white ground suitable for elaborate underglaze decoration. The four-color design on this plate merges Chinese motifs such as the wave-and-scroll pattern with depictions of native Turkish plants-tulips, carnations, and hyacinths. The serrated saz (reed pen) dominating the middle of the plate and the surrounding blossoms reflect the influence of pen drawing as practiced by painters for the Ottoman court on Iznik ceramic designs.

Glimpses of Grandeur
Courtly Arts of the Later Islamic Empires
Sep 24, 1999 – Dec 26, 1999
The End of an Era
Turkish Ceramics
May 01, 1991
Ottoman Turkish Art
Sep 25, 1987 – Jan 24, 1988
Surface Versus Structure
Islamic Decorative Arts
Mar 22, 1985 – Aug 15, 1985
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Unknown Maker, Turkish
Dish with Floral Design, ca. 1550-1575
Fritware with pigments and glaze
Height: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 inches)
Gift of Miss Theodora Lyman 19.271

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