Dish with 'Kaleidoscope' Design, ca. 1580–85, Made in Turkey, Iznik, Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze, H
Dish with 'Kaleidoscope' Design, ca. 1580–85, Made in Turkey, Iznik, Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze, H. 2 11/16 in. ( cm), Ceramics, This dynamically decorated sixteenth-century dish in cobalt blue was produced at the famous kilns at Iznik, in western Anatolia. Stylized variations of lotus petals, ultimately of Chinese inspiration but geometrically patterned into a radiating sunburst of powerful Islamic design, bear witness to one of the most fruitful cultural exchanges in history: the mutual influences flourishing for centuries between the artists, especially potters, of eastern and western Asia
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