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Ottoman Empire
1550–1560
Object Place: Iznik, Turkey

Medium/Technique Fritware, painted over white slip under a clear glaze
Dimensions Diameter: 32.5 cm (12 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number11.1390
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsCeramics

DescriptionA large Iznik plate with scalloped edge, decorated in the "Rhodian" palette with floral sprays in red, blue, turquoise, and green sprouting from the baseline; the narrow rim is painted with delicate polychrome sprays of tulips and hyacynths.
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by Denman Waldo Ross from Dikran Kelekian, New York; 1911, gift to the MFA from Denman Waldo Ross. (Accession date: July 6, 1911)