A Rustem Pasha Iznik pottery Tile Turkey, circa 1560
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Turkey, circa 1560
Turkey, circa 1560
25.7 x 22.3 cm.
Footnotes
This magnificent underglaze-painted tile is a superb of example of one of the most celebrated Iznik designs associated with the Mosque of Rustem Pasha in Istanbul created in 1561. Tiles with the same pattern decorate the rear wall of the mosque around the (Ahmet Ertug and Walter Denny, Gardens of Paradise: 16th Century Turkish Ceramic Tile Design, 1998, p. 53, pl. 24).
The Rustem Pasha Mosque was built by the architect Sinan and was completed in 1562, a year after Rustem Pasha's death. It was the first Ottoman building to utilize tiles in the newly developed polychrome technique, with the colour red finally reaching maturity, and the first major Iznik tile decorative project in Ottoman history.
Other examples of tiles of this type can be seen in the Sadberk Museum, Istanbul (Ara Altun, John Carswell and Gonul Oney, Sadberk Hanim Museum: Turkish Tiles and Ceramics, Istanbul, 1991, p. 40, I.59); and the David Collection, Copenhagen (Kjeld von Folsach, Islamic Art: The David Collection, Copenhagen, 1990, p. 133, no. 203).