Tazza

Description

Footed dish or tazza of stonepaste with a design in the well consisiting of six flowers on curvaceous, leafy stems with tiny fleur-de-lys extensions, surrounding a small flower head in the centre: Turkey, Iznik, Ottoman, 977 - 998 AH / 1570 - 1590 AD

Museum reference

A.1979.159

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Tazza

Production information

Iznik, Turkey, West Asia

Date

1570 - 1590
977 - 998 AH

Style / Culture

Ottoman

Materials

Stonepaste

Physical description

Stonepaste body, underglaze blue pigment in two shades, clear glaze

Exhibitions

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

References

Atasoy, N. and Raby, J., Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, London, 1989, p. 123, fig. 202

Links to other web pages

MWNF