Dish

late 15th - early 16th century

Islamic, Turkish

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About the Artwork

This splendid charger was made in the town of Iznik for the Ottoman court in Istanbul. Starting in the 1480s, the ceramic industry at Iznik supplied the court with porcelain-like pottery decorated with designs sent by artists as stencils. These artists were inspired, in part, by blue-and-white porcelains imported from China and collected by the sultan. The Chinese porcelains were reserved for special occasions, while the pottery from Iznik was used in the palace kitchens for the daily food service. This charger is unique among the rare, surviving early pottery from Iznik, because it is entirely covered in a swirling Chinese floral pattern rather than the usual arabesques. From Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 89 (2015)

Title Dish

Artwork Date late 15th - early 16th century

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Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Turkish

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Islamic

Medium Underglaze-painted fritware

Dimensions Overall: 16 inches (40.6 cm)

Classification Ceramics

Department Islamic Art

Credit Museum Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2006.58

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Provenance

possibly collected by 1920/1930s, Private Collection (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

April 4, 2006, (Christie's Auction House London, England, sale No. BEAMS-7218, lot 101)

2006 - present, purchase of the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Islamic, Turkish, Dish, late 15th - early 16th century, underglaze-painted fritware. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, 2006.58.