Dish

late 15th - early 16th century

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Islamic, Level 1, North Wing

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About the Artwork

At first glance, this dish might appear to be blue-and-white porcelain from China, but in fact, it was created by ceramic artists in Iznik, Turkey.
During the Ottoman period in Turkey, members of the royal court avidly collected Chinese ceramics, which they acquired through both trade and diplomacy. In the late 1400s, Iznik potters began to produce local versions of these luxury imports. To re-create the smooth, white appearance of porcelain, they used fritware — a mixture of clay, ground quartz, and ground glass — covered in white slip (liquid clay). Painting designs on the vessels before glazing and firing, they initially replicated floral patterns from Chinese examples in the royal collection, using cobalt blue — as seen in this dish.
Valued for their artistic qualities and their functionality, Iznik wares were both commissioned by the Ottoman palace and produced for a broader market. The large size of this dish made it suitable for serving shared food at communal meals.

Title Dish

Artwork Date late 15th - early 16th century

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Medium Underglaze-painted fritware

Dimensions Overall: 16 inches (40.6 cm)

Classification Ceramics

Department Islamic Art

Credit Museum Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2006.58

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Provenance

possibly collected by 1920/1930s, Private Collection (Amsterdam, Netherlands);
April 4, 2006, (Christie's Auction House London, England, sale No. BEAMS-7218, lot 101);
2006 - present, purchase of the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Komaroff, Linda, ed. Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting. Exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles and New York, 2023, pp. 318-319, cat. no. 118a (ill.).

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Turkish, Dish, late 15th - early 16th century, underglaze-painted fritware. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, 2006.58.