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Plate
Ottoman Empire
about 1550
Object Place: Iznik, Turkey
Medium/Technique
Fritware, painted over white slip with transparent glaze.
Dimensions
30 cm (11 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
The John Pickering Lyman Collection—Gift of Miss Theodora Lyman
Accession Number19.1190
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CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsCeramics
DescriptionA plate painted in cobalt blue with a lobed edge accentuated by a bracketed line; the inside of the flat rim displays an alternation of small figures related to the Cintamani design; the well of the plate shows freely drawn Hatayi blossoms and cloudbands. Most of these features imitate Chinese porcelain designs.
ProvenanceLent by Miss Theodora Lyman, March 1, 1915. The John Pickering Lyman Collection. Made a gift on Sept. 18, 1919.