Plate

anonymous, anonymous, c. 1550 - c. 1599

This plate was made in the town of Iznik in western Anatolia. Its decoration copies that of the Chinese plate displayed alongside, but in a looser, more fluid style. Chinese porcelain greatly influenced the ceramics industry in Iznik, for Chinese blue-and-white porcelain was highly valued by the Ottoman court in Istanbul.

  • Artwork typeplatter
  • Object numberBK-1960-170
  • Dimensionsdiameter 16.5 cm, diameter 31 cm, height 6.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicsaardewerk (kwarts-fritgoed) met onderglazuur blauw