3359 x 5020 px | 28,4 x 42,5 cm | 11,2 x 16,7 inches | 300dpi
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Jugs, hanging lamps, cups, bowls and dishes were made, inspired by metalwork and illuminated books as well as Chinese ceramics. Under Süleyman the Magnificent (1520–66), demand for İznik wares increased. Many large dishes were made with looser designs, incorporating ships, animals, trees and flowers. The dishes appear to have been made for display, as most have pierced footrings so that they can by hung up, but they have been observed[11] also to be scratched from use. Designs in the 1520s include the saz style in which a long, serrated saz leaf, dynamically arranged, is balanced by static rosette forms. In the later 16th century, the quatre fleurs style used a repertoire of stylised tulips, carnations, roses and hyacinths. After the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, the Ottoman sultans started a huge building program. In these buildings, especially those commissioned by Süleyman, his wife Hürrem (Roxelana) and his Grand Vizier Rustem Pasha, large quantities of tiles were used. The Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul (the "Blue Mosque") alone contains 20, 000 tiles. The Rüstem Pasha Mosque is more densely tiled and tiles were used extensively in the Topkapı Palace. As a result of this demand, tiles dominated the output of the Iznik potteries. "Golden Horn ware" (1530-1550)The so-called "Golden Horn ware", or Tuğra style, was a variation of blue and white ceramics and was popular from the 1530s to 1550s.[4] Golden Horn ware was so named because the first sample were excavated in the Golden Horn area of Istanbul, but it was later deducted that they were manufactured at Iznik, due to the number of shards and discarded firing trials found at Iznik. This type of decoration consists in series of thin concentric spirals adorned with small leaves. This design was inspired from calligraphy, and especially the Tuğra imperial signatures such as that of Suleiman the Magnificent, the design has recently been more accurately named as the ‘Tugrakes spiral style
