Footed Bowl (tazza)
- Culture
- Turkish
- Period
- Ottoman period, 1281–1924
- Date
- c.1570–90
- made in
- Iznik, Bursa province, Marmara region, Turkey, Asia
- Classification
- Ceramics, containers
- Collection
- Islamic Art
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 120
- Dimensions
- height: 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
diameter of mouth: 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm)
diameter of foot: 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm) - Credit Line
- Hortense and Tobias Lewin Ancient Art Fund
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 151:2003
NOTES
The stately tazza, or footed bowl, is one of the rarer shapes found in Iznik ware. These ceramics were produced at Iznik in modern Turkey during the 16th century. They are notable for the brilliance of their white fritware bodies, composed mostly of quartz, and for the precision of the underglaze pigments. Iznik fritware was produced for the Ottoman court, so the designs were often determined in the court workshops in Istanbul.
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