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Title	Bottle
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1535
Publication Place	Iznik (made) -
Subject	Tulips
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 39cm, Diameter: 15.5cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	70-1866
Record ID	70-1866
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1535
Notes	The shape of this bottle is derived from metalwork but the floral decoration is typical of Iznik ceramics. By the 1530s, small sprays of tulips and other recognisable flowers were a common motif on vessels made in the town in north-west Anatolia. The Ottoman court renewed its patronage of Iznik ceramics during the construction of the SÃ¼leymaniye mosque in Istanbul in 1550 to 1557. The first Iznik tiles were produced, and potters added a bright red 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.
Tarihsel bağlam	By the 1530s the potters of Iznik had begun to use freely-drawn, semi-realistic floral motifs in their designs, a change from the tightly-organized, semi-abstract designs of previous decades. This bottle shows spotted tulips "sprouting" from turquoise crescent- or eye-like motifs.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Fritware, underglaze painted in blue and turquoise, glazed Fritware Underglazing
Fiziksel açıklama	Long-necked bottle decorated in blue and turquoise, with chintamani-style "eyes" in turquoise each sprouting two spotted tulip motifs in white.
Üslup	Iznik Ottoman

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Bottle

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1535

Publication Place Iznik (made) -

Subject Tulips

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 39cm, Diameter: 15.5cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 70-1866

Record ID 70-1866

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1535

Notes The shape of this bottle is derived from metalwork but the floral decoration is typical of Iznik ceramics. By the 1530s, small sprays of tulips and other recognisable flowers were a common motif on vessels made in the town in north-west Anatolia. The Ottoman court renewed its patronage of Iznik ceramics during the construction of the SÃ¼leymaniye mosque in Istanbul in 1550 to 1557. The first Iznik tiles were produced, and potters added a bright red 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.

Tarihsel bağlam By the 1530s the potters of Iznik had begun to use freely-drawn, semi-realistic floral motifs in their designs, a change from the tightly-organized, semi-abstract designs of previous decades. This bottle shows spotted tulips "sprouting" from turquoise crescent- or eye-like motifs.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Fritware, underglaze painted in blue and turquoise, glazed Fritware Underglazing

Fiziksel açıklama Long-necked bottle decorated in blue and turquoise, with chintamani-style "eyes" in turquoise each sprouting two spotted tulip motifs in white.

Üslup Iznik Ottoman