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Plate
Ottoman Empire
about 1560
Object Place: Iznik, Turkey
Medium/Technique
Fritware, painted on white slip under a clear glaze
Dimensions
Height: 34.0 cm (13 3/8 in.) x Diameter: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number16.319
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsCeramics
DescriptionOn a white ground, the plate displays naturalistic tulips and roses growing from a ground line. It has a scalloped rim with conventionalized paired blossoms and larger flowerheads.
Provenanceby 1916, purchased by Denman Waldo Ross from C. Filippo; 1916, gift to MFA from Denman Waldo Ross. (Accession date: October 5, 1916)