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A dish depicting two birds among flowering plants
(صحن يصور طائرين بين نباتات مزهرة)

Title	A dish depicting two birds among flowering plants
Title Original	صحن يصور طائرين بين نباتات مزهرة
Publication Date:	Approximately 982-99 AH / approximately 1575-90 AD
Publication Place	- Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject	Silk, metallic warp thread, lampas
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع : 6 سم ، قطر الإطار : 28.4 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	59.69.1
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus23;31;ar
Library Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date	Approximately 982-99 AH / approximately 1575-90 AD
Notes	This type of pottery painted under glaze was produced in Iznik, an important center for the production of Ottoman ceramics. The Roman Rhodian type (originally from the island of Rhodes) constitutes the third and final phase of Iznik pottery, which lasted approximately from 1570 to 1700. These pieces are characterized by the use of sealing wax thickly applied to the red glass, which is depicted in relief. The dish features two birds resting on delicately swaying plants that bear carnations, tulips, and pupillaries, although the motif of flowering plants is adhered to in Iznik pottery of the two centuries. 16th and 17th century, depictions of birds and animals are rare, and a largely traditional wave and rock pattern surrounds the border leaf of this dish. Such designs, inspired by 15th-century Ming porcelain, are more common at this stage of Iznik production.
Sample Text	“A dish depicting two birds among flowering plants” within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;31;ar

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A dish depicting two birds among flowering plants

(صحن يصور طائرين بين نباتات مزهرة)

Publication Date Approximately 982-99 AH / approximately 1575-90 AD

Publication Place - Metropolitan Museum of Art

Subject Silk, metallic warp thread, lampas

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع : 6 سم ، قطر الإطار : 28.4 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 59.69.1

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus23;31;ar

Library Location Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date Approximately 982-99 AH / approximately 1575-90 AD

Notes This type of pottery painted under glaze was produced in Iznik, an important center for the production of Ottoman ceramics. The Roman Rhodian type (originally from the island of Rhodes) constitutes the third and final phase of Iznik pottery, which lasted approximately from 1570 to 1700. These pieces are characterized by the use of sealing wax thickly applied to the red glass, which is depicted in relief. The dish features two birds resting on delicately swaying plants that bear carnations, tulips, and pupillaries, although the motif of flowering plants is adhered to in Iznik pottery of the two centuries. 16th and 17th century, depictions of birds and animals are rare, and a largely traditional wave and rock pattern surrounds the border leaf of this dish. Such designs, inspired by 15th-century Ming porcelain, are more common at this stage of Iznik production.

Sample Text “A dish depicting two birds among flowering plants” within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;31;ar