Unlike those Iznik dishes that derive their decoration and also their shape from Chinese porcelain models, this candlestick is a purely Ottoman shape and echoes a metal prototype. The simple, effective design, painted in blue and grayish-blue, demonstrates the continuing appeal of blue-and-white to the Iznik potter and his clients, even after additional colors were developed.
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Title:Candlestick in Imitation of Metalwork Form
Date:mid-16th century
Geography:Attributed to Turkey, Iznik
Medium:Stonepaste; painted in blue under transparent glaze
Dimensions:H. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm) Diam. of base: 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm)
Classification:Ceramics
Credit Line:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1966
Object Number:66.4.1
Inscription: Inscribed in Arabic on side of drip pan in underglaze blue: Its owner is Haji Muhammad ibn Sulaiman
Octave Homberg, Paris (by 1904–25; sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris,November 27–28, 1925, no. 42); Fernand Adda Collection, Egypt (until 1965; sale, Palais Galliéra, Paris,December 3, 1965, no. 792, to Marthe Baschet for MMA)
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "A King's Book of Kings: Persian Miniatures from Shah Tahmasp's Shahnama of 1528," May 4–December 31, 1972, no catalog.
New York. Grey Art Gallery, New York University. "Tulips, Arabesques and Turbans," April 26, 1983–July 4, 1983, no. 98.
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.
"November 27–28, 1925." In O[ctave] Homberg Collection. no. 42, p. 11, ill.
Rackham, Bernard. "Illustrated Catalogue of a Private Collection [Adda]." In Islamic Pottery and Italian Maiolica. London: Faber and Faber, 1959. no. 56, p. 25, ill. pl. 24.
Aslanapa, Oktay. "Turkish Ceramic Art." Archeology vol. 24, no. 3 (June 1971). pp. 215–16, ill.
"Paris, December 3, 1965." In Collection d'un Grand Amateur (Adda). Paris, December 3, 1965. no. 792.
Swietochowski, Marie, and Marilyn Jenkins-Madina. Notable Acquisitions 1965–1975 (1975). p. 144, ill. (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. 27 (b/w).
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. 269, ill. (b/w).
Petsopoulos, Yanni, ed. "Decorative Arts from the Ottoman Empire." In Tulips, Arabesques & Turbans. New York: Abbeville Press, 1982. no. 98, p. 94, ill. (color).
Atasoy, Nurhan, and Julian Raby. Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, edited by Yanni Petsopoulos. London: Thames and Hudson, 1989. no. 632, p. 277, ill. (b/w).
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