Islamic Dish with a Sailing Ship Design in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2019

Dish with Sailing-Ship Design,17th century


Object Details

Object Name: Dish

Date: 17th century

Geography: Made in Turkey, Iznik

Medium: Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze

Dimensions: H. 1 5/8 in.(4.1 cm)
Diam. of rim: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)

Classification: Ceramics

Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1966

Accession Number: 66.4.4


This dish comes from the major ceramics production center of Iznik, which rose to prominence in the sixteenth century and was known for its distinctive saz-style floral ornament. In the seventeenth century, there developed a new decorative repertory of figures, animals, ships, and buildings, including pagoda-like pavilions and domed churches. These field designs are found on numerous examples. The characteristic border of these pieces, ultimately derived from Chinese wave motifs, has become a pattern of alternating leaves and spirals.


Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451835