Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1540
Publication Place
Iznik (made) -
Subject
Flowers Hyacinths (Flowers)
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Diameter: 31.7cm, Height: 5.8cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
C.1985-1910
Record ID
C.1985-1910
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1540
Notes
This bowl was probably made in Iznik in north-west Anatolia. After 1520, potters there gradually expanded their range of 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.
Tarihsel bağlam
This dish has an appealing design of a bouquet of three hyacinths set in a frame of budding stems which suggest a heart-shape. The quality of the execution, particularly the hastily sketched flowers decorating the rim, suggests that this dish was made for the popular market rather than an upscale or royal patron.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed Fritware Underglazing
Fiziksel açıklama
Shallow dish with bouquet of three hyacinths set in frame of flowering stems, the rim decorated with alternating crudely-drawn white and coloured flowers.
Üslup
Iznik Ottoman
