Dish

Joseph-Théodore Deck

ca. 1870 · Earthenware with underglaze and enamel polychrome decoration ("Persian" faience) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The decoration of this dish is derived from Turkish ceramics made in the town of Iznik between the fifteenth and the seventeenth centuries. Iznik ceramics were an important source of inspiration for Deck, who studied them at the Musée de Cluny in Paris, which opened to the public in 1843. Although Deck borrowed Iznik colors and motifs, he did not make exact replicas of their designs. Instead he loosely adapted motifs, creating designs of his own invention, typically in a more symmetrical pattern than Turkish prototypes.

Artist

Joseph-Théodore Deck

Date

ca. 1870

Medium

Earthenware with underglaze and enamel polychrome decoration ("Persian" faience)

Culture

French, Paris

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Purchase, Anonymous Gift and funds from various donors, 1985