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Plate with Grapes

ca. 1570
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 204
Lacking the clay necessary for the production of porcelain, potters in Turkey (and elsewhere in the Middle East) created stonepaste bodies that included clay and quartz to mimic the appearance of porcelain. The cluster of grapes in the center of this dish was inspired by fifteenth-century Chinese ceramics, which were first collected in Turkey in the sixteenth century.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Plate with Grapes
  • Date: ca. 1570
  • Geography: Made in Turkey, Iznik
  • Medium: Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze
  • Dimensions: H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
    Diam. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
  • Object Number: 91.1.102
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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