Plate

Dish with flattened foliate rim.
Clay: buff-colored faience.
Glaze: transparent over white slip painted in cobalt blue.
Decoration: bunches of grapes amid scrolling vines in center; 13 flower sprays in cavetto; wave pattern on rim; 12 flower sprays outside.

Historical period(s)
Ottoman period, early 16th century
Medium
Stone-paste painted under transparent glaze
Style
Iznik ware
Dimensions
H x Diam: 8.1 x 39.5 cm (3 3/16 x 15 9/16 in)
Geography
Turkey, Iznik
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1970.2
On View Location
Freer Gallery 04: Engaging the Senses
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Dish

Keywords
grape, Iznik ware, Ottoman period (1307 - 1922), Turkey
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Description

Dish with flattened foliate rim.
Clay: buff-colored faience.
Glaze: transparent over white slip painted in cobalt blue.
Decoration: bunches of grapes amid scrolling vines in center; 13 flower sprays in cavetto; wave pattern on rim; 12 flower sprays outside.

Published References
  • Robert J. Charleston. Islamic Pottery. Masterpieces of Western and Near Eastern Ceramics, vol. 4 Tokyo and New York. pl. 103.
  • Julia Murray. A Decade of Discovery: Selected Acquisitions 1970-1980. Exh. cat. Washington, 1979. cat. 96, p. 122.
  • Dr. Esin Atil. Ceramics from the World of Islam. Exh. cat. Washington, 1973. cat. 80, pp. 174-175.
  • Nurhan Atasoy, Dr. Julian Raby. Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey. Istanbul and London. cat. 11.3, p. 375.
Collection Area(s)
Arts of the Islamic World
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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