Iznik Pottery
イズニク陶器 / 15th–17th century / Style / Ceramic Styles
The pottery reached by the Ottoman kilns, setting brilliant blue and red on a white body. Tulips and carnations turn in spirals around the curve of the vessel, and on the wall tiles of a mosque geometry and plant ornament coexist on a single surface.
The brilliance of a white body under transparent glaze / Cobalt blue and a red that stands in relief / Spiralling plant ornament / A continuous composition turning around a curved surface
Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Turning a pattern around a curved surface without a break · Getting density and brilliance from a limited palette
- Type
- If you use lettering, run it as a band and give it the same rank as the ground pattern.
- Composition
- Pair a composition radiating from the center with a band at the rim.
- Material
- Transparent glaze over a white body, with the red raised to give relief.
- Caution
- Tiling the ornament flat loses the logic of the vessel. The handling of the curve and the rim is the pivot of the style.
- Further study
- The color of the red from Armenian bole / The control of design by the court workshop / Its influence on Delftware