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After 1520, the potters there  gradually expanded their range of colours. By 1550, they were using blue, turquoise, sage green, tones of mauve and purple, and a greenish black. These colours have been used here to depict a spray of flowers that rises from a small clump of leaves.\r\n\r\nIznik has given its name to some of the most accomplished ceramics produced in the Islamic Middle East. In the mid 15th century, potters there specialised in modest earthenware imitations of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain. 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By 1550, they were using blue, turquoise, sage green, tones of mauve and purple, and a greenish black.These colours have been used to depict sprays of flowers that all rise from a small clump of leaves.\r\n\r\nFritware painted under the glaze\r\n\r\nMuseum nos. C.1986, C.1982, C.1985, C.2001-1910\r\nBequest of George Salting","date":{"text":"Jameel Gallery","earliest":"2006-07-20","latest":null}},{"text":"DISH\r\nFritware with polychrome underglaze painting\r\nTURKISH (made at Iznik); about 1540","date":{"text":"Old gallery label","earliest":null,"latest":"2003-11-30"}}],"partNumbers":["C.1986-1910"],"accessionNumberNum":"1986","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1910,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LP6839","2019LT1372","2019LU0836"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-29","recordCreationDate":"2003-11-28","availableToBook":false}}