Dish, Iznik, Turkey, ca. 1555-1560. Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed. Diameter: 31.7 cm. Salting Bequest. Museum number: C.1994-1910 © V&A Images.

Deep white dish with large central floral motif, wreathed with jasmine branches and surrounded in the outer area by tulips and hyacinths. The rim, slightly foliated, is decorated with a Chinese-inspired wave border.

Bibliographic References: Nurhan Atasoy and Julian Raby, Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey (London: Alexandria Press, 1989), fig. 257, p. 141.