<em>Dish</em>, 18th century. Ceramic; stone paste, painted in blue and turquoise under a transparent colorless glaze, 2 5/16 x 11 7/16 in. (5.8 x 29 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 11.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.11.32_top.jpg)

Dish, 18th century. Ceramic; stone paste, painted in blue and turquoise under a transparent colorless glaze, 2 5/16 x 11 7/16 in. (5.8 x 29 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 11.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.11.32_top.jpg)

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Was there any reason why many of these pieces are painted using blue?

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Dish

Arts of the Islamic World

MEDIUM Ceramic; stone paste, painted in blue and turquoise under a transparent colorless glaze

DATES 18th century

DYNASTY Ottoman Empire

PERIOD Ottoman Period

DIMENSIONS 2 5/16 x 11 7/16 in. (5.8 x 29 cm) Diameter at foot: 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm) Thickness of rim: 3/16 in. (0.5 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Arts of the Islamic World

ACCESSION NUMBER 11.32

CREDIT LINE Museum Collection Fund

EXHIBITIONS

Infinite Blue

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Dish, 18th century. Ceramic; stone paste, painted in blue and turquoise under a transparent colorless glaze, 2 5/16 x 11 7/16 in. (5.8 x 29 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 11.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.11.32_top.jpg)

IMAGE top, CUR.11.32_top.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007

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