Publication Date
Early eleventh century/early seventeenth century
Publication Place
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Royal Museum, National Museum of Scotland NMS
Subject
Quartz paste (frit) in blue, green, red and black colors under the glaze, and above it a transparent layer of glaze.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
القطر: 29 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
A. 1973.7
Record ID
object;ISL;uk;Mus03;37;ar
Library Location
Royal Museum, National Museum of Scotland NMS
Date
Early eleventh century/early seventeenth century
Notes
A round quartz-paste dish (frit) with a shallow bottom, an upturned lip, and a round base. The bottom shows a frontal representation of a woman left white, outlined in black, on a green ground. She is wearing a long dress over which a short-sleeved, caftan-like coat has a green belt. The lower section of the coat has the shape of a tulip cup, open in front and slightly raised on each side. The woman also wears a white cap-shaped dress with blue dots around her shoulders, and a long headdress in the form of a folded scarf, decorated with lavender and leaves in red and blue, and on her feet are red socks and flat shoes. The woman raises her left arm while holding in her right hand a long, thin jug with a teardrop-shaped middle. The woman is surrounded on either side by four clusters of flowers, including two peach blossoms, a lavender, a carnation, and a rose-like plant. They all emerge from leafy bouquets at the bottom, with a wavy border appearing on the edge. The underside of the plate is decorated with six small green leafy patterns with black borders evenly spaced. Such plates mark the final phase of Iznik production beginning in the early 11th/17th century, and the woman on this plate has been compared with the figurative decorations that make up an archive of paintings prepared for Sultan Ahmed I, and with contemporary figure drawings produced for Europeans in the markets of Istanbul.
Sample Text
Ulrike Al-Khamis "Plate" in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;uk;Mus03;37;ar