Dish Depicting Two Birds among Flowering Plants, ca. 1575–90

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Dish Depicting Two Birds among Flowering Plants, ca. 1575–90, Made in Turkey, Iznik, Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze, H. 2 3/8 in., Ceramics, Hidden within the tangle of carnation, tulip, and hyacinth stems on this colorful plate perch two small birds. Such flowers, sometimes in combination with birds, were pervasive decorative elements on Iznik pottery of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

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Size: 4240px × 4240px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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