Page 284 - The Age of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent

ailed bath was completed in the auspicious year 1574/1575. NOTES
This word, generally applied to bay windows in enclosed bal-
1.
in Istanbul
conies, must refer to the arches in the tiles used to face the J.A. For a study of Chinese porcelains of the history see Zimmerman 1930; and in
appears
1972.
Pope
of this collection
A thorough
study
walls of this chamber. There must have been a series of these Raby and Yiiccl 1986.
panels that created the illusion of an arcade, beyond which 2. This classification was established by Arthur Lane in Later Islamic Pottery
was a paradise garden filled with fantastic foliage. The (published in 1957 and revised in 1971) and elaborated in his article on
Sec also Denny
1957.
in
scheme of using a row of tile panels decorated with arches Iznik ware Ottoman ceramics. 1980 and Carswell 1982 for excellent
studies on
was also employed in the Harem suite dating from the same 3. The most famous of the Bursa buildings using these techniques are the
period, showing painted marble columns, capitals, and vous- Green Mosque and Mausoleum built between 1419 and 1424. See Denny
soirs. 135 It also appears in the Mausoleum of Murad III and in 1980, ills. 139-141 and pis. 35 and 36; and Carswell 1982, pis. 56a, 57,
the Mosque of Ahmed I. 136 and 58a.
The impact of nakka^hanc designs is evident in the compo- 4. See Oz 1957, pis. XXII-XXVI; and Óney 1976, 65.
5.
For one
sition of this panel; blossoming fruit trees placed on a blue 6. The tiles of the lunettes from this structure see Istanbul 1983, E. 51.
in
Yenis^ehirlioglu
studied
1980.
of this building are
ground was a favorite theme employed in the illuminations 7. See Riefstahl 1937 for a study of the tiles in this building; see Gasparini
of the most celebrated manuscripts produced during the reign 1985 for a recent publication of the wall paintings.
of Süleyman, including the 1546/1547 Koran of Ahmed Kara- 8. See Denny 1980, pi. 38 for a reproduction of one of these lunettes.
hisari and the 1558 biography of the sultan (see 9a and 41a- 9. See Denny 1980, ills. 151 and 152, where they are dated to c. 1525.
41d). 10. For a study of the mosque lamps see Ünal 1969, 82-89. The decorations
investigated. For
This design was popularly applied to tiles, including those of the Gebze and Manisa structures have not been properly 62.
and
pis. 6la
1980,
illustrations of these tiles see Carswell
decorating the Mausoleum of Hürrem Sultán, 137 the Mosque 11. This piece has been published a number of times. For a detailed study of
of Rüstem Pa^a, 138 the facade of the Sünnet Odasi, 139 the the ewer and its inscriptions sec Carswell 1972, 78, 79, and 81. The date 959
Sclimiye Mosque in Edirne, 140 the Aya Sofya Library, 141 and is written out in the Armenian calendar, which corresponds to A.D. 1510. It
the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed I, 142 surviving into the seven- has been suggested be that the ewer was made in Kutahya, which is possible
with
it appears
an
awkward
since
rela-
a provincial copy
to
shape and
teenth century. tively crude drawing.
The overwhelming influence of the nakka^hane on all the 12. Lane 1957, 254.
imperial arts was due to the collaborative genius of scores of 13. These pieces are now in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
talented and conscientious artists. Guided by Süleyman, a de- 14. See Dusseldorf 1973, no. 304 for rare fragments in Berlin.
manding patron with an impeccably refined sense of aesthet- 15. Carswell 1972, 79-81; the year 978 (A.D. 1529) is written out and ren-
ics and connoisseurship, they left a splendid legacy for future dered in the Armenian calendar, similar to the ewer dated 1510.
generations. 16. Denny 1980, pis. 44 and 45; and Mahir 1986, figs. 20 and 21.
17. Mahir 1986, fig. 22.
18. Several in the Victoria and Albert and the British Museum are published
in Lane 1957, fig. 36; Denny 1977, fig. 143; Rogers 1983b, no. 140; and
Frankfurt 1985, vol. 2, no. 2/66. Meant to be set on their points, they mea-
sure 28 cm 11 in.) from top to bottom.
(
19. These fragments, which are in Berlin, are published in Lane 1957,
fig. 32; and Zick-Nissen 1976, fig. 10.
20. This example, which is in Vienna, is published in Rogers 1983b, fig. 8.
21. This famous piece is published many times, including in Lane 1957,
fig. 42; Ünal 1969, pi. II; Lane 1971, pi. 38; Denny 1980, ill. 153; and
Carswell 1982, pi. 87.
22. There is another fragmentary lamp in the British Museum that is
thought to have come from the same building; this example is decorated in
an identical manner but does not contain inscriptions giving the date, city,
and name of the maker.
23. Carswell 1984. See also Carswell 1982, pi. 78; and Paris 1977, no. 587
for similar tiles.
24. See Rackham 1934/1935, pis. 17a and b. The example with the young
man is also published in Lane 1957, fig. 41; and Frankfurt 1985, vol. 2,
no. 2/12.
25. This piece is in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
26. See Denny 1977 for an analysis of the tiles in this building.
27. See Denny 1980, pis. 46, 47, and 49 for reproductions of these tiles.
28. This lamp was mentioned as being in the Süleymaniye Mosque in Fort-
num 1869, 396.
210. Tile panel from the Harem of the Topkapi Palace, dated 1574/1575 29. Published in Ennès and Kalus 1979; and Frankfurt 1985, vol. 2,
(Istanbul, Topkapi Sarayí Müzesi, 8/1067) no. 2/42.
283