Name of Object:Footed dish or tazze Location:Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Holding Museum:National Museums of Scotland (NMS) About National Museums of Scotland (NMS), Edinburgh Date of Object:Hegira late 10th century / AD late 16th century Museum Inventory Number:A. 1910.22 Material(s) / Technique(s):Stone-paste (fritware), green, blue, red and black underglaze, over which a clear glaze. Dimensions:Diameter 46.4 cm Period / Dynasty:Ottoman Provenance:Iznik, Turkey. Description:A magnificent circular stone-paste (fritware) dish of the tondino form that is characterised by a very shallow wide well and a broad and flat horizontal rim. This shape is derived from early 16th-century, Italian maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware) dishes a style that was imitated by the Ottoman ceramicists. The plate rests on a wide and very low, circular foot-ring. Both the inside and the underside of the dish are decorated extensively. View Short DescriptionThis magnificent Iznik plate with its small, deep, concave well and a very wide, flat horizontal rim imitates the tondino, an Italian shape popular since the early AH 10th / AD 16th century. Its decoration assigns it to the second half of the 10th / 16th century, the peak of naturalism on Iznik wares. How date and origin were established:The decorative style adopted on this plate assigns this plate to the second half of the 10th / 16th century, when the naturalistic rendition of flower sprays reached its height on Iznik wares. How Object was obtained:Purchased from the Irvine Smith Collection in 1910. How provenance was established:This plate belongs to a group of Iznik dishes fashioned after the tondino, a shape popular in Italy from the early 16th century. Selected bibliography:Atasoy, N., and Raby, J., Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, London, 1989, p.227, figs. 397–9. Citation of this web page:Ulrike Al-Khamis "Footed dish or tazze" in Discover Islamic Art, Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;uk;Mus03;28;en Prepared by: Ulrike Al-Khamis
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