Kütahya Small Plate - Dark Blue Arabesque - 9".

Kütahya Small Plate - Dark Blue Arabesque - 9". Antique dark blue, coppery red and green arabesque hand-painted Kütahya ceramic plate. Incredibly intricate repeating geometric design also somehow maintains a free, artistic hand with small details that delight. Small plate measures approximately 9" in diameter. Kütahya was a very important ceramic center of the Ottomans, active from the 17th to the early 20th century with workshops making hand-painted ceramics for both domestic and public spheres. In Western Anatolia, not far to the stories Iznik ceramic center, Kütahya artisans were freer than their Iznik counterparts - who produced precisely designed ceramics for elite and palace residences, urban, and high imperial religious buildings - to bring their artistry and unique ideas to the fore. Iznik went into decline at the end of the 17th century; Kütahya ascended and outlasted Iznik, continuing as the prominent ceramic production center for the next three centuries. Please examine photos carefully, photos are part of the description Condition is “as is”. No chips, cracks, stains, or scratches are noted.