Basin, Iznik, Turkey, 1510-1520. Fritware, underglaze painted in blue, glazed. Height: 24.3 cm, Diameter: 45.3 cm, Diameter: 18 cm of foot. Museum number: 7409-1860 © V&A Images. 

Large footed basin in fritware. Decorated on interior and exterior in underglaze blue and white. The exterior of the bowl is decorated with large stylised lotus blossoms connected by a delicate floral vine, in blue on a white ground. The foot is decorated with a series of concentric bands, beginning with two blue lines delineating the foot from the bowl. The base of the foot has one band with small white flowers on a blue ground, and one with an abstract undulating line pattern. The bowl has a white rim. The interior is decorated with a pattern of floral vines and pointed leaves, in white on blue. This pattern is interrupted by a contrasting section of white ground, decorated with blue knots and outlined with a strong blue line. A circle at the base of the inside of the bowl has a pattern of stylised leaves with sweeping stems.  

Bibliographic References: Atasoy, Nurhan and Raby, Julian. Iznik. The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey. London: Alexandria Press, 1989. p.98, ill. 112. Rogers, J. M. Islamic Art and Design 1500-1700 London: British Museum Publications, 1983. p. 108.