Publication Date
Late tenth-early eleventh century/late sixteenth-early seventeenth century
Publication Place
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Royal Museum, National Museum of Scotland NMS
Subject
Quartz paste (frit) in black, blue and green colors, a tiled layer under the glaze, and a transparent layer of glaze above it.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
القطر: 29 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
A. 1937.628
Record ID
object;ISL;uk;Mus03;33;ar
Library Location
Royal Museum, National Museum of Scotland NMS
Date
Late tenth-early eleventh century/late sixteenth-early seventeenth century
Notes
A small round dish of quartz paste (frit) with an upturned rim and a low, annular base. The decoration of the dish is densely floral, including red roses and fresh blue lavender with red details, and other blue and red flowers on branches with green leaves emerging from a lush bouquet. A large serrated leaf of the type known as saz is placed diagonally across the naturally drawn flowers. It is colored blue on the outside, but on the inside it is shaped like successive white and red beads. The edge is decorated with a wavy border executed in blue and black. Saaz leaves appear frequently in late Iznik ceramics of the 11th/17th century, but its origins go back to the decorative style that developed in the 9th/15th century in Iran and was then used on pieces of all materials during the Ottoman period.
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;33;ar
