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İznik is a town in northwestern Turkey, renowned for its Ottoman-era hand painted ceramics & tiles.

İznik tiles decorated walls of shrines, mosques & palaces.

For #TilesOnTuesday here are 24 exquisite examples in museums & collections across the world…

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1/ Two Iznik Tiles with Continuous Floral Pattern
Ottoman dynasty (1299–1923), c.1560

Pattern typical of the ‘saz style’ a term that derives from the words saz kalem, or “reed pen.” The style developed in album drawings in black ink during second half of 16thc.

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2/ Iznik tile, 1560-1600, Ottoman, Turkey

Tile-work was normally used to provide rich splashes of colour on building exteriors, or to emphasise important areas of the interiors.

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