Object details
Object number
C17e6
Creator(s)
Turkish, Iznik
Title
Plate
Date
about 1650-1699
Medium
Polychrome underglaze painting on silceous earthenware
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1915.
Dimensions
25.8 x 25.7 x 4.5 cm (10 3/16 x 10 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Commentary
In the sixteenth century, the Ottoman Turkish ceramic workshops at Iznik produced large numbers of colorful pottery wares and wall tiles. They are famous for their bright red, black, blue, turquoise, and green glazed designs painted on flawless white grounds. The red carnations and blue tulips seen here were popular decorations. This plate was made during the second half of the 17th century when quality from the Iznik ateliers was in decline due to mass-production and the lack of highly trained artisans.
Gallery
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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