Dish with Pattern of Flowering Plants

ca. 1565–70

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 460

The dish has a flattened base, a flat, scalloped rim, and stands on a foot ring. It is decorated with an over-all pattern of tulips arranged in staggered rows. Between these flowers there are çintamani or triple dot motifs. Spiral-like motifs have been painted on the rim.

Artwork Details

Title: Dish with Pattern of Flowering Plants
Date: ca. 1565–70
Geography: Made in Turkey, Iznik
Medium: Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze
Dimensions: H. 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm)
Diam. of rim. 12 in. (30.5 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1966
Object Number: 66.4.15
Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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