Dish with Foliated Rim and Design of Cypress Tree with Flowering Plants

Culture: Turkish
Period: Ottoman period, 1281–1924
Date: second half of the 16th century
Material: Iznik ware; glazed fritware with underglaze slip and painted decoration
made in: Iznik, Bursa province, Marmara region, Turkey, Asia
Classification: Ceramics, containers
Collection: Islamic Art
Current Location: On View, Gallery 120
Dimensions: height: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
diameter of mouth: 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
diameter of foot: 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm)
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 182:1951

NOTES

The scalloped edge of this dish, the wave and rock motif around the rim, and the ribbon encircling the flowers near their base are elements inspired by Chinese blue and white porcelain. The potters of Iznik in modern Turkey reinterpreted these motifs and combined them with gracefully curving flowers and a central cypress tree.

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