Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1580
Publication Place
Iznik (made) -
Subject
Flowers Scale Pattern Imbrication
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Diameter: 30.3cm, Height: 5.5cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
C.2028-1910
Record ID
C.2028-1910
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1580
Notes
The Ottoman court's patronage of Iznik ceramics was renewed during the construction of the Süleymaniye mosque in Istanbul in 1550-7. The first Iznik tiles were produced, and 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. By the 1530s, small sprays of tulips and other recognisable flowers were a common motif, but from the 1550s these were replaced by compositions on a larger scale, as seen on this dish with a fish-scale ground.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed Fritware Underglazing
Fiziksel açıklama
This medium sized dish is painted with red, white, green and blue, under a clear glaze. The decoration on the inside of the dish is separated into two sections; the bowl and the rim. The rim is decorated with a wave-scroll pattern. This is interrupted by a repeated abstract leaf motif in white and red, which cuts into the border from alternate sides. The bowl of the dish is covered with an all-over textural design resembling fish-scales. There is a central red flower motif which forms the middle of a six pointed star filled with green 'fish-scales', or imbrication. A large hexagon delimits the decoration on the flat of the bowl's interior from its sides. Inside the hexagon is decorated with blue imbrication; outside it is in green and red. The exterior of the dish is mostly left white, with a simple ring of small blue flowers.
Üretim
Dating based on similarity to dish in Iznik catalogue (fig. 744).
Üslup
Iznik Ottoman
