Carnation, Tulip, and Prunus Blossom Dish

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CultureTurkish

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Carnation, Tulip, and Prunus Blossom Dish

Datec. 1580

MediumStonepaste; polychrome-painted under transparent glaze

Dimensions2 5/8 × 11 5/8 in. diameter (6.7 × 29.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Friends of Art of the Islamic Worlds

Object number2018.46

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

113 Islamic Art Gallery

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Department

Art of the Islamic Worlds

Object Type

CERAMICS

DescriptionThis Iznik ceramic dish, decorated with tulips, carnations, and prunus blossoms, provides an exquisite example of the classic mid-16th-century Ottoman floral style. Floral symbolism permeated Ottoman culture: the tulip symbolized nobility, privilege, and love, and was associated with the sultans. Iznik, a town in the Bursa region of Türkiye, was known for producing ceramics used for serving dishes in the court and for wealthy nobles.
ProvenanceCollection of Sir Alan Barlow (1881–1968); Collection of Lady Barlow (1885–1989); Collection of Hilda Horatia Padel (1919–2017); purchased by MFAH, 2018.

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