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Name of Object:

Dish with artichokes and tulips

Location:

Los Angeles, United States of America

Holding Museum:

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

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Date of Object:

Hegira c. 956–962 / AD c. 1550–55

Museum Inventory Number:

M.2002.1.21

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Fritware, underglaze-painted

Dimensions:

Height: 6.7cm, Diameter: 35.9cm

Period / Dynasty:

Ottoman

Provenance:

Turkey, Iznik

Description:

Beginning sometime in the Hegira 950s / AD 1540s Iznik potters introduced manganese purple, sage green and black to their palette, while their decorative repertoire continued to focus on floral designs such as pomegranates, rosettes, tulips and artichokes. The latter two motifs form the main decoration at the centre of this large dish, where they are depicted in blue and green, while the cavetto and rim bear green pomegranates alternating with blue sprays of leaves or else tulips.

How date and origin were established:

Iznik wares with this specific color scheme, sage-green combined with more typical Iznik tones such as blue and turquoise, were produced for only a short period in the middle decades of the 16th century; the earliest dated example is the mosque lamp from Süleyman’s restoration of the Dome of the Rock (British Museum 1887,0516.1) dated Hegira 956 / AD 1549.

How Object was obtained:

Collection of Dikran Kelekian (1867-1951) c. 1910. Collection of Maan Z. Madina (1926-2013), New York, until 2002 (sold to); LACMA, The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost.

How provenance was established:

The shape, technique, color scheme and decoration mark this dish as a product of Iznik.

Selected bibliography:

Atasoy, Nurhan, and Raby, Julian, Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, London: Alexandria, 1989: 139, fig. 247.
Komaroff, Linda, Islamic Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Rev. ed., Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 2005: 46, fig. 42.
Komaroff, Linda, Lo Terrenal y lo divino: Arte islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Angeles, Santiago, Chile: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015: 131, 168, 212.
Komaroff, Linda, Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016: 206-207.
Ausstellung München 1910 von Meisterwerken Muhammedanischer Kunst, Munich: Rudolf Mosse, 1910: 37.

Citation of this web page:

LACMA Staff "Dish with artichokes and tulips" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus21;8;en

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