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Tile panel with 'prunus' trees in moonlight

Unknownc. 1580

Calouste Gulbenkian Museum

Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
Lisboa, Portugal

The main motif of this panel consists of branches of the 'prunus' painted on a cobalt blue ground, creating a vertical two-tile pattern that can be repeated indefinitely lengthways. The base of each branch of the 'prunus' divides into several smaller branches, and two tulips and a sprig of hyacinths also appear, in addition to the traditional carnations and roses from naturalist floral compositions in Ottoman ceramics.
The cobalt blue ground and the dominance of white, pale blues and dark greens in this twelve-tile panel, the largest known with this decoration, suggest a garden bathed in moonlight.

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  • Title: Tile panel with 'prunus' trees in moonlight
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: c. 1580
  • Location Created: Turkey, Iznik, Ottoman period
  • Physical Dimensions: H. 60 x W. 159 cm
  • Medium: Stonepaste, painted under the glaze
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum

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