Fritware tile panel, painted in blue, turquoise, and moss green under a transparent glaze
Turkey, Iznik; c. 1540
H: 61.2; W: 79 cm
Inventory number Isl 182
Changes were made in the decoration on Iznik ceramics in around 1540. The very dense patterns that characterized the Baba Nakkas and tughrakes styles were replaced by a more naturalistic and spacious style in which plants – often of a local character – dominated. At the same time, the palette was expanded with moss green and manganese.
These elegant tiles with hyacinths, tulips, and cherry branches were designed so that at least two are needed for the motif to be complete. Other panels might be made up of many individual tiles, which together created a more complicated composition.
These elegant tiles with hyacinths, tulips, and cherry branches were designed so that at least two are needed for the motif to be complete. Other panels might be made up of many individual tiles, which together created a more complicated composition.
Published in
Published in
C.L. Davids Samling. Tredie Del, København 1958, pp. 66-67;
André Leth: Davids Samling. Islamisk kunst = The David Collection. Islamic Art, København 1975, p. 114;
Barbara Kellner-Heinkele, Dorothea Rohwedder (eds.): Türkische Kunst und Kultur aus osmanischer Zeit, Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt am Main, Recklinghausen 1985, vol. 2, cat.no. 2/68, p. 174;
Art from the World of Islam. 8th-18th century, Louisiana, Humlebæk 1987, cat.no. 197;
Nurhan Atasoy and Julian Raby: Iznik: the pottery of Ottoman Turkey, London 1989, fig. 230;
Soliman le Magnifique: 15 fevrier au 14 mai 1990, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris 1990. cat.no. 177;
Kjeld von Folsach: Islamic art. The David Collection, Copenhagen 1990, cat.no.182;
Kjeld von Folsach, Torben Lundbæk and Peder Mortensen (eds.): Sultan, Shah and Great Mughal: the history and culture of the Islamic world, The National Museum, Copenhagen 1996, cat.no. 399;
Kjeld von Folsach: Art from the World of Islam in The David Collection, Copenhagen 2001, cat.no. 254;
Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom (eds.): Cosmophilia. Islamic Art from the David Collection, Copenhagen, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Boston 2006. cat.no. 86;
Asja Gimborg: Velikolepnyj vek osmanskogo iskusstva: dvorcy, meceti, garemy i nocnoj Bosfor, Moskva 2023, p. 147;
André Leth: Davids Samling. Islamisk kunst = The David Collection. Islamic Art, København 1975, p. 114;
Barbara Kellner-Heinkele, Dorothea Rohwedder (eds.): Türkische Kunst und Kultur aus osmanischer Zeit, Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt am Main, Recklinghausen 1985, vol. 2, cat.no. 2/68, p. 174;
Art from the World of Islam. 8th-18th century, Louisiana, Humlebæk 1987, cat.no. 197;
Nurhan Atasoy and Julian Raby: Iznik: the pottery of Ottoman Turkey, London 1989, fig. 230;
Soliman le Magnifique: 15 fevrier au 14 mai 1990, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris 1990. cat.no. 177;
Kjeld von Folsach: Islamic art. The David Collection, Copenhagen 1990, cat.no.182;
Kjeld von Folsach, Torben Lundbæk and Peder Mortensen (eds.): Sultan, Shah and Great Mughal: the history and culture of the Islamic world, The National Museum, Copenhagen 1996, cat.no. 399;
Kjeld von Folsach: Art from the World of Islam in The David Collection, Copenhagen 2001, cat.no. 254;
Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom (eds.): Cosmophilia. Islamic Art from the David Collection, Copenhagen, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Boston 2006. cat.no. 86;
Asja Gimborg: Velikolepnyj vek osmanskogo iskusstva: dvorcy, meceti, garemy i nocnoj Bosfor, Moskva 2023, p. 147;
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