Here the central design of a trio of grape clusters is a direct translation from Chinese blue-and-white porcelain of the Ming dynasty, which began to appear in Ottoman collections in the early sixteenth century. Curiously, even though the floral sprays on the cavetto were also borrowed from Ming porcelain, the feathery motif on the rim of the dish—sometimes known as the "wave and rock" pattern—was taken fom an earlier Yuan-dynasty porcelain model, which demonstrates that Iznik potters often combined several design sources of the same piece.
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Title:Dish
Date:second quarter 16th century
Geography:Made in Turkey, Iznik
Medium:Stonepaste; painted under transparent glaze
Dimensions:H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm) Diam. 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm)
Classification:Ceramics
Credit Line:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1966
Accession Number:66.4.10
Fernand Adda Collection, Egypt (by 1959–65; sale, Palais Galliéra, Paris,December 3, 1965, no. 851, to Marthe Baschet for MMA)
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Art of Imperial Turkey and Its European Echoes," November 17, 1973–March 3, 1974, no catalogue.
Chicago. Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago. "Blue and White: Chinese Porcelain and Its Impact on the Western World," October 3, 1985–December 1, 1985, no. 76.
Washington. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. "The Age of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent," January 25–May 17, 1987, no. 173.
Chicago. Art Institute of Chicago. "The Age of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent," June 14–September 7, 1987, no. 173.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Age of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent," October 4, 1987–January 17, 1988, no. 173.
The Hagop Kevorkian Special Exhibitions Gallery, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Flowers and Leaves: The Ottoman Pottery of Iznik," September 25, 1991–November 15, 1992, no catalogue.
Rackham, Bernard. "Illustrated Catalogue of a Private Collection [Adda]." In Islamic Pottery and Italian Maiolica. London: Faber and Faber, 1959. no. 62, p. 26, ill. pl. 30.
"Paris, December 3, 1965." In Collection d'un Grand Amateur (Adda). Paris, December 3, 1965. no. 851.
Pope, John A. "Chinese Influences on Iznik Pottery: A Re-examination of an Old Problem." Islamic Art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1972). p. 126, ill. fig. 1 (b/w).
Denny, Walter B. The Ceramics of the Mosque of Rustem Pasha and the Environment of Change. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1977. p. 261, ill. fig. 30 (b/w).
Atil, Esin, ed. Turkish Art. Washington, D.C and New York: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1980. pp. 280–81, ill. fig. 155 (b/w).
Carswell, John. "Catalogue of an exhibition at David and Alfred Smart Gallery, University of Chicago." In Blue and White: Chinese Porcelain and Its Impact on the Western World. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1985. no. 76, p. 135, ill. (b/w).
Atil, Esin. The Age of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent. Washington, DC: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1987. no. 173, pp. 250–51, ill. pl. 173 (color).
Baer, Eva. Islamic Ornament. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1998. p. 26, ill. fig. 31 (b/w).
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