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Dish

Title	Dish
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1550
Publication Place	Iznik (made) -
Subject	Tulips Carnations Flowers
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Diameter: 36.8cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	C.1982-1910
Record ID	C.1982-1910
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1550
Notes	After 1520, the potters of Iznik in north-west Anatolia gradually expanded their range of colours. By 1550, they were using blue, turquoise, sage green, tones of mauve and purple, and a greenish black. Here, these colours have been used to depict a spray of flowers that rises from a small clump of leaves. The town of Iznik was known as a centre of ceramic production. The Ottoman court renewed its patronage of Iznik ceramics during the construction of the SÃ¼leymaniye mosque in Istanbul in 1550-1557. The first Iznik tiles were produced, and potters added a bright red was added to the range of colours painted under the glaze. This was achieved with a slip (liquid clay) made from a special clay. In the following decades, tiles of high quality were decorated 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, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed Fritware Underglazing
Fiziksel açıklama	White dish with blue tulips and purplish carnations on spiky stems. Rim is slightly foliated.
Üslup	Iznik Ottoman

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Dish

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1550

Publication Place Iznik (made) -

Subject Tulips Carnations Flowers

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Diameter: 36.8cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID C.1982-1910

Record ID C.1982-1910

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1550

Notes After 1520, the potters of Iznik in north-west Anatolia gradually expanded their range of colours. By 1550, they were using blue, turquoise, sage green, tones of mauve and purple, and a greenish black. Here, these colours have been used to depict a spray of flowers that rises from a small clump of leaves. The town of Iznik was known as a centre of ceramic production. The Ottoman court renewed its patronage of Iznik ceramics during the construction of the SÃ¼leymaniye mosque in Istanbul in 1550-1557. The first Iznik tiles were produced, and potters added a bright red was added to the range of colours painted under the glaze. This was achieved with a slip (liquid clay) made from a special clay. In the following decades, tiles of high quality were decorated 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, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed Fritware Underglazing

Fiziksel açıklama White dish with blue tulips and purplish carnations on spiky stems. Rim is slightly foliated.

Üslup Iznik Ottoman