CERAMIC DISHES FROM IZNIK ATTRIBUTED TO RHODES, ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ARTISTIC STUDYCERAMIC DISHES FROM IZNIK ATTRIBUTED TO RHODES, ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ARTISTIC STUDY

Resum

The Turkish Iznik - located in western Anatolia in the southeast of the city of Istanbul - is one of the most famous cities that had a major role in the development and prosperity of the Ottoman ceramics industry, especially in 10^th century AH (16 AD), when it was the oldest center of the ceramics industry in Asia Minor.

The reason for this is that it was built on the ruins of Byzantine Nicaea, which was famous in the Byzantine era for its ceramic industry