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Title	Dish
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1535
Publication Place	Iznik (made) -
Subject	Flowers Leaves Cartouches Tulips
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Diameter: 26.6cm, Height: 4.9cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	C.2011-1910
Record ID	C.2011-1910
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1535
Notes	The shape of this broad-rimmed dish is known as the âtondinoâ form and comes from Italian pottery. However, the dish was made in Iznik, north-west Anatolia. By the 1530s, the small sprays of tulips and other recognisable flowers shown here were a common motif in Ottoman ceramics. 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, underglaze painted in cobalt blue, glazed Fritware Painting
Fiziksel açıklama	Blue and white dish with small, deep bowl and wide lip. Exterior of dish is white with two blue stripes around base, one around join of bowl and lip, and two just below the rim. Interior of bowl is decorated with blue sprigs of flowers and leaves, encircled by blue stripe, and ring of dots. The wide lip is decorated with blue cartouches and radiating sprigs of flowers and leaves, within a stipe border.
Üslup	Iznik Ottoman

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Dish

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1535

Publication Place Iznik (made) -

Subject Flowers Leaves Cartouches Tulips

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Diameter: 26.6cm, Height: 4.9cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID C.2011-1910

Record ID C.2011-1910

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1535

Notes The shape of this broad-rimmed dish is known as the âtondinoâ form and comes from Italian pottery. However, the dish was made in Iznik, north-west Anatolia. By the 1530s, the small sprays of tulips and other recognisable flowers shown here were a common motif in Ottoman ceramics. 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, underglaze painted in cobalt blue, glazed Fritware Painting

Fiziksel açıklama Blue and white dish with small, deep bowl and wide lip. Exterior of dish is white with two blue stripes around base, one around join of bowl and lip, and two just below the rim. Interior of bowl is decorated with blue sprigs of flowers and leaves, encircled by blue stripe, and ring of dots. The wide lip is decorated with blue cartouches and radiating sprigs of flowers and leaves, within a stipe border.

Üslup Iznik Ottoman