Dish, Iznik, Turkey, ca. 1510. Fritware, underglaze painted in cobalt blue, glazed. Diameter: 44.5 cm. Museum number: 986-1884 © V&A Images.

This dish comes from a phase when Ottoman potters were beginning to define their own independent aesthetic. The decorative motifs, which include scrolling arabesque stems and sinuous cloud motifs, are a distinctive combination of traditional Islamic (then called Rumi) and Chinese (Hatayi) styles, so this style has been dubbed Rumi-Hatayi. The broad white band in the dish's cavetto may once have been gilded. 

Bibliographic References: Lane, Arthur. Later Islamic Pottery. London: Faber and Faber, 1957. 133p., ill. Page 48, plate 28A 
Nurhan Atasoy and Julian Raby, Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey (London: Alexandria Press, 1989), fig. 84, p. 91.