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This peacock dish has a loose and rather gawky charm. Although a dish like this clearly was not meant for royal use, such designs were the mainstay of the Iznik ceramic industry in the seventeenth century.
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Title: Dish with Peacock Design
Date: early 17th century
Geography: From Turkey, Iznik
Medium: Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze
Dimensions:
H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Diam. of rim: 11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Gift of Edward J. Wormley, 1965
Accession Number: 65.103
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