Interchanges between Chinese ceramics and those produced in Turkey continued throughout the sixteenth century: while this dish was made to imitate Chinese porcelain, the decoration is uniquely Ottoman Turk. Tiny rosettes and leaves are rendered in tightly coiled vines that derive from calligraphy and, in particular, the tughras, or royal monograms, of the sultans.
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Title:Plate
Date:first half 16th century
Geography:Attributed to Turkey, Iznik
Medium:Stonepaste; painted and glazed
Dimensions:Diam. 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm)
Classification:Ceramics
Credit Line:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1966
Object Number:66.4.11
Marking: - Sticker below base in ink: 855
Fernand Adda Collection, Egypt (by 1959–65; sale, Palais Galliéra, Paris,December 3, 1965, no. 855, 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. 75.
New York. Visual Arts Gallery. "Iznik, Legendary Ceramics from Turkey: an Art Reborn," January 15, 2005–February 26, 2005, p. 24.
Rackham, Bernard. "Illustrated Catalogue of a Private Collection [Adda]." In Islamic Pottery and Italian Maiolica. London: Faber and Faber, 1959. no. 58, p. 25, ill. pl. 22B.
Aslanapa, Oktay. "Turkish Ceramic Art." Archeology vol. 24, no. 3 (June 1971). p. 216, ill.
"Paris, December 3, 1965." In Collection d'un Grand Amateur (Adda). Paris, December 3, 1965. no. 855.
Jenkins-Madina, Marilyn, Suzanne G. Valenstein, and Julia Meech-Pekarik. "The Metropolitan Museum of Art." In Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. vol. 12. Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd., 1977. no. 268, ill. interior and profile (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. 75, p. 134, ill. (b/w).
Atasoy, Nurhan, and Julian Raby. Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, edited by Yanni Petsopoulos. London: Thames and Hudson, 1989. no. 140, p. 111, ill. (b/w).
Hristoff, Peter. "An Art Reborn." In Iznik: Legendary Ceramics from Turkey. New York, NY: School of Visual Arts, 2004. p. 24, ill. (color).
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