Dish with Cypress Tree, Saz Leaves, and Roses
Unknown
ca. 1575–80 · Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze · Islamic Art
The cypress tree, though known to Ottoman artists in the fifteenth century, did not become a widespread ceramic motif until after the middle of the sixteenth century. Here the cypress is the central element in a somewhat rigid yet not quite symmetrical composition that includes red carnations, pale blue hyacinths, and flowing saz leaves overlaid with tulips.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1575–80
- Medium
- Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze
- Department
- Islamic Art
- Credit line
- Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1966
