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Maker:

Unknown; pottery

Name(s):

dish
Islamic pottery; category
Iznik; category

Date:

circa 1570 — 1575

Description(s):

fritware coated in a white slip, painted in four colours under a clear glaze
fritware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white slip and painted in emerald green, red, blue and black under a clear glaze.
Shape: plain rim on a shallow hemispherical bowl sitting on a low, wide foot ring.
Interior: on the rim enclosed within two grey concentric lines is a frieze of diagonal grey lines separated by red horizontal lines. Pendant black scrolls highlighted with blue or red protrude from this frieze into the floral spray on the body. The spray and accompanying leaves emerge from a grassy tuft, all outlined in black. Tulips, carnations and roses are painted in blue and red, on green stems adorned with saz like leaves or red and green leaves.
Exterior: contained within green concentric lines, a frieze of paired green tulips separate rosettes. On the foot ring a series of concentric grey lines. Glaze covers the exterior except for the rim of the foot ring.

Production
Place:

Turkey, Anatolia, Iznik

Production
Place (legacy):

Iznik, pottery, place
Turkey, pottery, country
Turkish, pottery, nationality

Technique(s):

throwing; whole
slip coating; whole; white
painting underglaze; interior; red, blue, green and black
painting underglaze; exterior; green
glazing (coating); whole; clear, covers surface except for rim of foot ring

Material(s):

fritware; whole
slip; whole; white
pigment; interior; blue, green, red, and black
pigment; exterior; green
glaze; whole; clear, covers surface except for rim of foot ring

Dimension(s):

height, whole, 5.9, cm
width, whole, 31.5, cm
diameter, rim, 31.5, cm
diameter, base, 17.9, cm
weight, whole, 1088, g

Acquisition:

bequeathed; 1950; Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Inscription(s):

label; exterior base (underside of foot ring); printed and hand written in black; EXPOSITION RETROSPECITVE/DE LYON (printed), 220 (hand written) and possibly Aunay (hand written); rectangular label printed in faded black with a scrolled oval cartouche; old exhibition label
label; exterior base (underside of foot ring); hand written in pencil; 509; circular paper label with serrated edge; old object number

Alternative
Number:

packing number; ISCER 531; Packing number allocated when object left Maidenhead

Documentation:

Atasoy, Nurhan. Raby, Julian. Petsopoulos, Yanni. 1989. Iznik : the Pottery of Ottoman Turkey.London: Alexandria Press
Cf. similar shaped dishes and designs see catalogue numbers 414, different shaped vessel with similar flowers on body see catalogue number 398. Ref. on ‘quatre-fleurs style’ (pp.222-223) and on Iznik

Carswell, John. 1998. Iznik Pottery.London: British Museum Publications Limited
Ref.

Fehervari, Geza. 1973. Islamic Pottery, A comprehensive study based on the Barlow Collection.London: Faberp. 144-180
Cf. similar shaped dish and design see catalogue number 218b (Plate 93). Ref. on Iznik ceramics

Queiroz Ribeiro, Maria. 1996. Louças Iznik Pottery.Lisbon: Museu Calouste Gulbenkian
Cf. similar shaped vessel and design with identical leaves see catalogue number 44 (pp. 168-9). Ref. on Iznik pottery

Accession:

Object Number: C.569-1991
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 75544; input: 2004-03-11; modified: 2012-10-15)

Permanent
Identifier:

http://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75544