PLATE 18 TURKISH

“Exquisitely hand painted large Turkish wall plate.
The Turkish people made decorative wall plates in Central Asia, and this art developed still further after the Seljuk Turks arrived in Anatolia, a land which had been an important centre of ceramic production from very early times. Both Seljuks and Ottomans adopted Anatolian materials and techniques for their ceramics. In the 12th and 13th centuries, Konya was the centre of Seljuk ceramic manufacture.”