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Dish with Foliated Rim and Design of Cypress Tree with Flowering Plants

Period
Ottoman period, 1281–1924
Date
second half 16th century
Classification
Ceramics, containers
Current Location
On View, Gallery 120
Dimensions
height: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
diameter of mouth: 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
diameter of foot: 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase
Rights
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Object Number
182:1951
NOTES
The scalloped edge of this dish, the wave and rock motif around the rim, and the ribbon encircling the flowers near their base are elements inspired by Chinese blue and white porcelain. The potters of Iznik in modern Turkey reinterpreted these motifs and combined them with gracefully curving flowers and a central cypress tree.