Dish with Peacock Design
Unknown
early 17th century · Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze · Islamic Art
This peacock dish has a loose and rather gawky charm. Although a dish like this clearly was not meant for royal use, such designs were the mainstay of the Iznik ceramic industry in the seventeenth century.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- early 17th century
- Medium
- Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze
- Department
- Islamic Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Edward J. Wormley, 1965
