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Title	Newspaper
Title Original	صحفة
Publication Date:	950- 55 / 1545- 50
Publication Place	- Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow Museums
Subject	Blue, green and purple colored quartz glass paste under a transparent underglaze.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع: 12 سم؛ القطر: 30 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	1903.136.y
Record ID	object;ISL;uk;Mus04;28;ar
Library Location	Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow Museums
Date	950- 55 / 1545- 50
Notes	A flat plate, with a base, made of white quartz paste, and belongs to the group of so-called 'Iznik' pottery, although it was produced in Damascus, Syria. The pale green coloring - not emerald green - is considered one of the distinguishing features of this 'Iznik' ceramic group produced in Damascus. This flat newspaper rests on a cylindrical base that expands slightly toward the bottom. The surface of the base is decorated with four flowering blue and green branches, while the underside of the leaf is decorated with an alternating pattern of blue flowers and green leaves. The pattern includes a large number of pale purple-aubergine natural carnation branches, apple green branches and blue leaves. Two delicate bands of simple geometric lines surround the edge of the plate. During the 1050s / 1650s, Ottoman architectural projects in Syria helped establish the Iznik ceramic brick industry in Damascus. Ceramic bricks were produced to decorate the Süleymani Mosque, the Süleymiye Madrasa, the Darwishi shrine and mosque, the Sinani Mosque, and the Zawiyah of Saad al-Din. These brick making workshops soon began producing dinnerware as well. It is believed that the potters who were recruited to decorate the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem (completed in 963 / 1556), remained in Syria and played a role in the development of the local Syrian style of (Iznik) ceramics.
Sample Text	Noorah Al-Gailani, Noorah Al-Gailani "Sahafa" under Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;uk;Mus04;28;ar

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Newspaper

(صحفة)

Publication Date 950- 55 / 1545- 50

Publication Place - Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow Museums

Subject Blue, green and purple colored quartz glass paste under a transparent underglaze.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع: 12 سم؛ القطر: 30 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 1903.136.y

Record ID object;ISL;uk;Mus04;28;ar

Library Location Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow Museums

Date 950- 55 / 1545- 50

Notes A flat plate, with a base, made of white quartz paste, and belongs to the group of so-called 'Iznik' pottery, although it was produced in Damascus, Syria. The pale green coloring - not emerald green - is considered one of the distinguishing features of this 'Iznik' ceramic group produced in Damascus. This flat newspaper rests on a cylindrical base that expands slightly toward the bottom. The surface of the base is decorated with four flowering blue and green branches, while the underside of the leaf is decorated with an alternating pattern of blue flowers and green leaves. The pattern includes a large number of pale purple-aubergine natural carnation branches, apple green branches and blue leaves. Two delicate bands of simple geometric lines surround the edge of the plate. During the 1050s / 1650s, Ottoman architectural projects in Syria helped establish the Iznik ceramic brick industry in Damascus. Ceramic bricks were produced to decorate the Süleymani Mosque, the Süleymiye Madrasa, the Darwishi shrine and mosque, the Sinani Mosque, and the Zawiyah of Saad al-Din. These brick making workshops soon began producing dinnerware as well. It is believed that the potters who were recruited to decorate the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem (completed in 963 / 1556), remained in Syria and played a role in the development of the local Syrian style of (Iznik) ceramics.

Sample Text Noorah Al-Gailani, Noorah Al-Gailani "Sahafa" under Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;uk;Mus04;28;ar