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…
A thread…
İznik tiles decorated walls of shrines, mosques & palaces.
For #TilesOnTuesday here are 24 exquisite examples in museums & collections across the world…
A thread…
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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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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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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4/ Iznik tile, Turkey, 16th Ottoman
Decorated with confronted parrots framed by a dense border of flowers. The emerald green was used for the first time in 1566/7 on the tiles of the mausoleum of Suleyman the Magnificent
@TheBenakiMuseum
Decorated with confronted parrots framed by a dense border of flowers. The emerald green was used for the first time in 1566/7 on the tiles of the mausoleum of Suleyman the Magnificent
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7/ Iznik tile, 16th c. Ottoman
Turkey: Marmara Region: Bursa
Design of winged sausages alternating with heart-shaped lotus medallions and undulating scroll of prunus blossom,roses.
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Turkey: Marmara Region: Bursa
Design of winged sausages alternating with heart-shaped lotus medallions and undulating scroll of prunus blossom,roses.
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8/ Iznik tiles, 1560, Ottoman, Turkey
These tiles are part of a repeat-pattern composition, an example of which adorns the walls of the sixteenth-century Rüstem Pasha Mosque in Istanbul.
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These tiles are part of a repeat-pattern composition, an example of which adorns the walls of the sixteenth-century Rüstem Pasha Mosque in Istanbul.
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9/ Iznik tile Unknown maker/s, Turkey 1575-1600 CE Buff coloured fritware, coated in a white slip and painted with red, green, blue and black glaze.
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10/ Iznik tile, Turkey (Iznik), late 16th century Ottoman
Square glazed grey earthenware tile decorated in polychrome with a design of a pheasant perched on a flowering tree, within a lobed panel with arabesques at the corners
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Square glazed grey earthenware tile decorated in polychrome with a design of a pheasant perched on a flowering tree, within a lobed panel with arabesques at the corners
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11/ Iznik tile, Turkey, 16th, Ottoman
The emerald green was used for the first time in 1566/7 on the tiles of the mausoleum of Suleyman the Magnificent
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The emerald green was used for the first time in 1566/7 on the tiles of the mausoleum of Suleyman the Magnificent
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12/ Iznik tile Unknown maker/s, Turkey 1575-1600 CE Buff coloured fritware, coated in a white slip and painted with red, green, blue and black glaze.
@FitzMuseum_UK
@FitzMuseum_UK
16/ Iznik tile panel, 1580, Ottoman, Turkey
These tiles are from the baths at the mosque of Eyüp Ansari in Istanbul.
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These tiles are from the baths at the mosque of Eyüp Ansari in Istanbul.
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23/ Iznik calligraphic tile, Ottoman Turkey, CIRCA 1570
Sold for GBP £90,000 at auction in 2020
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Sold for GBP £90,000 at auction in 2020
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24/ Recently, this highly rare Iznik tile circa 1575, depicting the birds of paradise, sparked a bidding battle to bring £655,200, more than six times its pre-sale estimate @Sothebys
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