Author
Unknown
Publication Place
Iznik (made) Turkey (made) -
Subject
Leaves Rosette
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Height: 7.3cm, Diameter: 14.6cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
792-1905
Record ID
792-1905
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
Potters in Ottoman Turkey reponded to costly imported Chinese blue-and-white porcelain by disguising their red earthenware vessels with a white tin-glazed slip; vessels were then painted in cobalt blue before glazing. Their geometric designs show only a distant understanding of the Chinese porcelains that inspired them. These imitations, made over a long period, probably from the 14th century to the early 16th, were widely distributed. It was first excavated in the ruins of ancient Miletus in south-west Turkey, and consequently, came to be known as 'Miletus ware', however, as wasters and kiln debris of this type of ware have been excavated at Iznik in north-west Turkey, much is now attributed to Iznik, although it may also have been made elsewhere.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Earthenware, covered with slip, painted in underglaze cobalt, and glazed Earthenware Slip Glaze Glazed Painted
Fiziksel açıklama
Part of a bowl of red earthenware, Miletus-ware, painted in dark blue and green on a white slip and covered with a clear glaze. Painted inside in blue with symmetrical leaf forms arranged round a central rosette, and outside in green with straight and wavy horizontal bands.
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