Iznik Blue and White Pottery Rimless Grape Dish

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Iznik Blue and White Pottery Rimless Grape Dish

Ottoman Empire

Circa 1570-1580
Diameter: 29 cm.

Fritware, under glaze painted in shades of cobalt blue and green, decorated with three large bunches of grapes with curved tendrils and fleshy leaves, cavetto decorated with a band of palmettes, surrounded by a geometric border.

The present dish belongs to a small group of blue and white Iznik dishes which did not have everted rims and wave & rock borders. These examples used another shape; the rimless, saucer-shaped dish shape, following Chinese models. They are among the best examples of the cross-cultural relation between Chinese and Ottoman art. Chinese blue and white porcelain from the Yuan (1279-1368) and Ming (1368-1644) periods were avidly collected by the Ottomans. Inspired by these pieces, court artists and Iznik potters produced their own interpretations.

The saucer-shaped rimless dish was a Chinese invention which had been introduced in Chinese ceramics in the early 15^thcentury. It first makes its appearance in Iznik ceramics in the 1530s, in the tuğrakeş spiral and the potters’ styles. For more information about the history of the ‘rimless grape dish’ please see Nurhan Atasoy & Julian Raby. Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, Thames & Hudson, London, 1989, pp. 121-124. In most of the recorded rimless grape dishes the cavetto is decorated either with a band of flowers or bunches of flowers. The present dish stands out as a rare example with its band of palmettes.

A comparable Iznik rimless grape dish can be found at the Çinili Köşk (inv. no. 41/24), Istanbul, ibid, p. 122, no. 190. For another similar example in the Ömer M. Koç collection please see, Hülya Bilgi, Ateşin Oyunu – Sadberk Hanım Müzesi ve Ömer M. Koç Koleksiyonlarından İznik Çini ve Seramikleri, Vehbi Koç Vakfı, İstanbul, 2009, no. 200, p. 335.

Provenance

-Sotheby’s London, Arts of the Islamic World, 24 October 2018, lot 183.

-Private Swiss Collection. Formerly in a private UK collection formed between 1970s and 1980s.

Categories: Ceramics

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Iznik Blue and White Pottery Rimless Grape Dish

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