Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1555
Publication Place
Iznik (made) Turkey -
Subject
Ceramics Islam
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Diameter: 35.6cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
C.1996-1910
Record ID
C.1996-1910
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1555
Notes
This dish is one of a group of similar wares that may be the work of a potter dubbed the 'Master of the Hyacinths'. He was associated with the ceramics produced in the kilns of Iznik, a town in north-west Anatolia. Motifs like the hyacinths and the jagged saz leaves shown here recall the designs on earlier Iznik ceramics. The treatment and spacing, however, looks forward to the Iznik ceramics made in the 1560s and 1570s. Iznik has given its name to some of the most accomplished ceramics produced in the Islamic Middle East. In the mid 15th century, potters there specialised in modest earthenware imitations of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain. But in the 1460s or 1470s, under the patronage of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror, they began to manufacture bowls, dishes and other pieces of fritware that were elegant in shape and decoration. These wares were often very large.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed Fritware Underglazing
Fiziksel açıklama
Dish, flat-bottomed with a wide and deep bowl, and slightly scalloped rim, white with painted colours. Lip is decorated on top surface with border of blue scrolls and dark green spirals and dashes. Bowl interior has image of spray of leaves and flowers, three large (hyacinths?) and some bell-like on long stalks, in dark blue, light blue, mauve and dark green. Dish exterior is decorated with sprigs of flowers.
Üslup
Iznik Ottoman
