Chinese and Persian motifs in Ottoman ceramics of 16th century
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16th century became a very special time for Ottoman ceramic art, fi rst of all, because of fl ourishing big
ceramics center Iznik and Kutahya. Secondly, because of ornamental systems in the 16th century reached its
stylistic unity. All Ottoman ornamental system was growing and appearing on the base of Turkish mythology,
Selcuk art and under the infl uence of Chinese and Iran art. Scholars keep on explore the question about origin
some of the Ottoman ornaments of the 16th century. For example, in a question of origin ornament, the bulut or
Chinese cloud scholars have reached unanimity, it is possible to see in the name of ornament. If to speak about
some zoomorphic motifs, then opinions are diverging. Some scholars appeal to Iran traditions, other to Chinese
and fi nally, the last group says that mythological dragon Edger and bird Simurg had a place in Turkish and Selcuk
mythology. This article shows the ways of origin the most popular ornaments of the 16th century, leaning on
opinions of Russian and European scholars.
- Бунджукчу Анастасия Романовна
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