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Plate

UnknownFirst half of the 20th Century

Pera Museum

Pera Museum
Istanbul, Türkiye

Plain inverted rim, shallow body, ring base. Light brown paste, white slip, transparent glaze. Underglaze decoration in cobalt blue, turquoise, dark green, yellow, red and black with black outlines. At the centre of a scalloped sun-shaped medallion formed by intertwined rumi and palmette motifs is a star and crescent motif, itself at the centre of a scalloped nine petal medallion. The remaining surface is covered with geometric design composed of eight-pointed stars, and the rim is decorated with a wide border of rumi-palmette motifs. The reverse of the plate bears the inscription, "Kütahya Azim Çini Fabrikası Mamulatı" (Product of the Kütahya Azim Tie Factory).

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  • Title: Plate
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: First half of the 20th Century
  • Physical Dimensions: w400 x h40 cm
  • Type: ceramic
  • Rights: Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Collection, Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation
  • External Link: Kütahya Tiles and Ceramics Collection
  • Pera Museum: Kütahya Tiles and Ceramics Collection
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