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Turkish

Dish with Floral Design, ca. 1550-1575

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Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Turkish

Title

Dish with Floral Design

Year

ca. 1550-1575

Medium

Fritware with pigments and glaze

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • silicaceous ceramic,
  • white slip

Techniques

  • underglazed,
  • glazing

Dimensions

Height: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 inches)

Place

Turkey

Type

  • Ceramics

Credit

Gift of Miss Theodora Lyman

Object Number

19.271

Projects & Publications

Publications

RISD STEAM/Discovery Through Juxtaposition

Read Online

Glimpses of Grandeur

Courtly Arts of the Later Islamic Empires

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Glimpses of Grandeur

September 24 - December 26, 1999

Ottoman Turkish Art

September 25, 1987 - January 24, 1988

Surface Versus Structure

March 22 - August 15, 1985

Islamic Art

October 7, 1982 - April 24, 1983

Asian Art Galleries

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.

Rockefeller Asian Art Gallery

The End of an Era

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