Dish with Floral Design
Culture: Turkish
Period: Ottoman Empire
Date: 16th century
Place made:Iznik, Turkey
Dimensions:
h. 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm); diam. 11 13/16 in. (30 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins
Object number: 96.1.138
Provenance: with Frances Semaan Wilkins (1916-1999) and Frederick Wilkins (1916-2004), San Antonio, by 1973; Frances Semaan Wilkins and Frederick Wilkins by gift to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1996
Published References
J. Powers and J. Johnston, eds., San Antonio Museum of Art: Guide to the Collection (San Antonio: San Antonio Museum of Art, 2012), 62.
Label Text
Iznik (the ancient city of Nicea) in western Turkey became the pottery center of the Ottoman Empire. A dish such as this was made for normal use and is decorated with a variety of garden plants springing from the ground. The use of thickly applied red slip known as Armenian bole was characteristic of late Iznik ware. The exterior is decorated with spots of blue and green.
(G. D. Scott, III, 1999)
(G. D. Scott, III, 1999)
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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