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Title	Dish
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1545
Publication Place	Iznik (made) -
Subject	Flowers
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Diameter: 36.2cm, Height: 6.7cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	C.2001-1910
Record ID	C.2001-1910
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1545
Notes	This dish was probably made in Iznik in north-west Anatolia. After 1520, the potters there gradually expanded their range of brilliant colours. By 1550, they were using blue, turquoise, sage green, tones of mauve and purple, and a greenish black. These colours have been used here to depict a spray of flowers that rises from a small clump of leaves. 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, and often very large.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed Fritware Underglazing
Fiziksel açıklama	Shallow dish with two large flowers flanking four long thin stems with buds or flowers.
Üslup	Iznik Ottoman

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Dish

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1545

Publication Place Iznik (made) -

Subject Flowers

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Diameter: 36.2cm, Height: 6.7cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID C.2001-1910

Record ID C.2001-1910

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1545

Notes This dish was probably made in Iznik in north-west Anatolia. After 1520, the potters there gradually expanded their range of brilliant colours. By 1550, they were using blue, turquoise, sage green, tones of mauve and purple, and a greenish black. These colours have been used here to depict a spray of flowers that rises from a small clump of leaves. 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, and often very large.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed Fritware Underglazing

Fiziksel açıklama Shallow dish with two large flowers flanking four long thin stems with buds or flowers.

Üslup Iznik Ottoman