Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1560
Publication Place
Iznik (made) Turkey (made) -
Subject
Flowers
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Diameter: 30.1cm, Height: 6.3cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
C.2026-1910
Record ID
C.2026-1910
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1560
Notes
Dish with abstract leaf designs and floral motifs, Turkey (Iznik), around 1560.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed Fritware Underglazing
Fiziksel açıklama
The inside of this medium-sized dish is decorated on a blue ground, in red, white and green. The foliated rim has a motif of three circles within three circles, in green and red, which alternates with single white leaves. The bowl has a central abstracted circular flower with a green, white and red bud emerging from four evenly spaced points around its circumference. There are four areas of white ground that interrupt the blue, with three red flowers inside each one. These alternate, around the central flower, with four bold red and white abstracted leaf designs. From each leaf two small white and red flowers grow. The exterior of the bowl is left in white, apart from a single row of small blue flowers alternating with three small blue leaves.
