Polychrome Ceramic Dish with Confronted Peacocks
Date16th - 17th century
PeriodOttoman
MediumStonepaste, underglaze-painted over a slip coating
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/4 x 11 1/8 in. (5.7 x 28.2cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Object number48.35
DescriptionThis Iznik ware dish is decorated with a design featuring two confronted peacocks against a bright, turquoise ground. The birds rest on a central flower-filled vase flanked on either side by flowering stems. The rim of the plate is embellished by a rock-and-wave pattern, a Chinese-inspired motif that frequently features in Iznik pottery. While designs incorporating flowering plants dominated Iznik designs, animal imagery also appeared in the late 1500s, possibly originating from animal motifs found on metalwork from the Balkans from the 1300s and 1400s.
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c. 1580
16th - 17th century
18th - 19th century
