Jewel inspired by the motifs of a ceramic tile known as "Iznik" designated in Ottoman Turkish by the term "çini". In the last decades of the 15th century, in the Ottoman Empire a production of technically perfect ceramic tableware appeared, meeting the needs of an elite in demand for luxury and ceremonial objects. It will find one of its main manufacturing centres in the town of Iznik. Throughout the 16th century, the so-called "Iznik" ceramics, intended for the elite of the Empire, were also exported very quickly outside the Ottoman borders. The colour range of
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