Yazar
Unknown
Basım Tarihi
1590
Basım Yeri
Iznik (made) Turkey (made) -
Konu
Finials Arabesques Scrollwork
Tür
Diğer
Dil
Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar
Height: 5.7cm, Diameter: 17.6cm
Kütüphane
Victoria and Albert Museum
Demirbaş Numarası
C.2016-1910
Kayıt Numarası
C.2016-1910
Lokasyon
Middle East Section
Tarih
1590
Notlar
The patterns on Iznik ceramics often combine Islamic and Chinese motifs. On this dish, the arabesques are Islamic, while the background has a wave scroll inspired by Chinese models. The rim is decorated with a version of the Chinese rock and wave design. The small town of Iznik in north-west Anatolia 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. These were elegant in shape and decoration and often very large. The Ottoman court renewed its patronage of Iznik ceramics during the construction of the Süleymaniye 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
Iznik potters of the late 1570s and 1580s liked to fill the backgrounds of their ceramic designs with motifs like fish-scales or, as here, tightly rolled spirals, possibly inspired by earlier attempts to emulate Chinese wave-forms. This piece has a central motif that may be a stylized finial.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed Fritware Underglazing
Fiziksel açıklama
Dish with finial-shaped motif against ground of spirals.
Üslup
Iznik Ottoman
