Iznik tile with stylised floral design, Ottoman Period

An image of Fritware/Stonepaste Tile. Unknown. Red arabesque split leaves with blue and green touches overlay swirling floral sprays incorporating lotus blossom and saz leaves. Fritware, mould made, painted in orange-red slip, black, two shades of blue and emerald green under a colourless glaze, height 24.2 cm, width 23.7 cm, depth 1.8 cm, weight 1182 g, 1565-1585. Ottoman Period. Turkey, Anatolia, Iznik.

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Fritware/Stonepaste Tile. Unknown. Red arabesque split leaves with blue and green touches overlay swirling floral sprays incorporating lotus blossom and saz leaves. Fritware, mould made, painted in orange-red slip, black, two shades of blue and emerald green under a colourless glaze, height 24.2 cm, width 23.7 cm, depth 1.8 cm, weight 1182 g, 1565-1585. Ottoman Period. Turkey, Anatolia, Iznik.

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Accession Number: C.6-1933
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 988 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 1.01MB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2013:08:22 14:49:22

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16th Century arabesque blue Fitz_AA floral flowers foliage foliate frit fritware glazed Islamic leaves lotus lotus flower moulded orange Ottoman pottery saz leaves square stonepaste stylised tiles Turkish

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