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Dish

Title	Dish
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1585
Publication Place	Iznik (made) -
Subject	Birds Leaves Floral Patterns
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Diameter: 30.2cm, Height: 3.9cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	C.2005-1910
Record ID	C.2005-1910
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1585
Notes	The composition of a peahen in foliage on this bowl appears on several pieces of Iznik pottery from the 1580s. The great saz leaves hark back to the style of the 1540s and 1550s. But the running colours and generally coarse execution indicate that this is a much later work, probably around 1580. The town of Iznik, in north-west Anatolia, 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 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	Shallow dish with a sketchily drawn bird among saz motifs.
Üslup	Iznik Ottoman

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Dish

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1585

Publication Place Iznik (made) -

Subject Birds Leaves Floral Patterns

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Diameter: 30.2cm, Height: 3.9cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID C.2005-1910

Record ID C.2005-1910

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1585

Notes The composition of a peahen in foliage on this bowl appears on several pieces of Iznik pottery from the 1580s. The great saz leaves hark back to the style of the 1540s and 1550s. But the running colours and generally coarse execution indicate that this is a much later work, probably around 1580. The town of Iznik, in north-west Anatolia, 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 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 Shallow dish with a sketchily drawn bird among saz motifs.

Üslup Iznik Ottoman