This siliceous earthenware round plate is decorated with polychrome underglaze painted with a floral green design. There are three thin, black concentric circles framing the plate and a floral border. Within the border are alternating leaves and flowers. In the center of the plate is a large green leaf that is positioned diagonally across the plate. Other flowers with green leaves and lighter petals grow outward from several leaves in the bottom left side of the plate like a plant rooted in the ground. The underside of the plate is decorated with four small leaves spaced out around the base. The plate is aged with sections of earthenware apparent under the paint and discoloration in paint on the surface.
Turkish, Iznik
Plate,
1650-1699
Polychrome underglaze painting on siliceous earthenware
,
27.9 x 27.7 x 6.2 cm (11 x 10 7/8 x 2 7/16 in.)
Object details
Accession number
C17e5
Primary Creator
Turkish, Iznik
Full title
Plate
Creation Date
1650-1699
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1915.
Dimensions
27.9 x 27.7 x 6.2 cm (11 x 10 7/8 x 2 7/16 in.)
Display Media
Polychrome underglaze painting on siliceous earthenware
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Short Gallery
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 124. (as "Rhodian" ware; as Turkey, Nicea, 16th century)
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 118-19, no. 55. (as Turkish (Iznik), 2nd half of the 17th century)
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Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.