Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1550
Publication Place
Iznik (made) -
Subject
Arabesques Flowers
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Diameter: 36.1cm, Height: 7.1cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
C.2014-1910
Record ID
C.2014-1910
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1550
Notes
This large dish is a good example of Iznik ware with a coloured ground. In the 1550s, potters in Iznik in Turkey were using a variety of coloured slips (liquid clay) to cover the bodies of their wares. They then added detailed designs in slips of contrasting colours and paint. The Ottoman court renewed its patronage of Iznik ceramics during the construction of the Süleymaniye mosque in Istanbul in 1550â1557. The first Iznik tiles were produced, and potters added a bright red to the range of colours painted under the glaze using a special liquid clay. In the following decades, Iznik potter decorated high-quality tiles in red, green and tones of blue on a white ground. Dishes, bottles and other vessels had similar decoration on white or coloured grounds.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Fritware, covered in salmon-pink slip, polychrome underglaze painted, and glazed Fritware Slip Underglazing
Fiziksel açıklama
Deep dish with sparsely flowering green-stemmed arabesques on salmon-coloured slip. Central composition has arabesque forming five rings, four arranged around a central one, each with a flower in its center. Blue tufts fill the spaces left by the four outer rings.
Üslup
Iznik Ottoman
