Iznik pottery

by John Carswell

The Turkish pottery at Iznik, ancient Nicaea, supplied the Ottoman court with luxurious vessels and tiles. One of the great glories of the Ottoman art at its peak period, the designs combine Turkish motifs with elements transposed from imported Chinese blue-and white porcelain. The examples illustrated in this text are mostly drawn from the British Museum.

128 pages, Paperback

First published August 7, 2006

Reviews

[Horus · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an excellent small book on the history of Iznik pottery, including discussions of mislabelling. There are really good colour photos of work in situ (tiles in architecture), as well as complete, or repaired works and sherds. The author also bothers to include photos of other artistic mediums (stone & metalwork) that served as inspiration to Iznik potters and likely vice versa.