Dish

Description

Circular dish of stonepaste fritware decorated extensively with naturalistic flowers including carnations, tulips and prunus blossoms, belonging to a group of Iznik dishes fashioned after the tondilo style, a popular Italian shape: Turkey, Iznik, Ottoman, late 10th century AH / late 16th century AD

Museum reference

A.1910.22

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Dish

Production information

Iznik, Turkey, West Asia

Date

Late 16th century
Late 10th century AH

Style / Culture

Ottoman

Materials

Stonepaste fritware, Glaze

Physical description

Earthenware

Associations

Irvine Smith Collection

Exhibitions

• Discover Islamic Art (01 Dec 2005)
  World Wide Web

References

RABY, J. & ATASOY, N., Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, London 1989, p. 227 figs. 397-99 [For related pieces and a discussion of this Iznik type]

Links to other web pages

MWNF