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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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