Tondino

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CultureTurkish

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Tondino

DateFirst half of 16th century

MediumStonepaste; painted in blue under transparent glaze

Dimensions2 × 10 1/8 × 10 in. (5.1 × 25.7 × 25.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by His Highness the Aga Khan Shia Ismaili Community of Houston, The Levant Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Akbar Ladjevardian, The Francis L. Lederer Foundation, courtesy of Sharon Lederer; Marathon Oil Company, Mr. and Mrs. Omar Rehmatulla, Strategic Real Estate Advisors, London, Monsour Taghdisi, His Excellency Sheikh Sultan bin Suhaim Al Thani, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the 2007 Art of the Islamic Worlds Gala, the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment, and the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund

Object number2007.1304

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

113 Islamic Art Gallery

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Department

Art of the Islamic Worlds

Object Type

CERAMICS

DescriptionThe spiral scroll pattern is characteristic of the earliest stonepaste ceramics produced in Iznik. The blue-and-white palette is inspired by imported Chinese porcelain, but the leafy spiral decoration references Ottoman arts of the book. This plate also epitomizes the rich trade between Italy and Türkiye: its shape is inspired by the Italian tondino, identifiable by its semicircular cavetto and wide rim.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Europe; [Oliver Hoare Limited, London, 2007]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.

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