An exceptional hand-crafted porcelain work of art. This beautiful original one-of-a-kind plate was specially crafted with 2 firings at 1400C thence hand decorated Ottoman Selcuk Dynasty 18 inch ceramic plate.
To make this extraordinary firing, firstly the artist sculpted the 'Kutahya clay' ... renouned throughout Asia as a substance, discovered several thousand years ago and named the city of Seramorium (city of of Ceramic) later the city was named 'Kotiaion' , the story tells of an old woman who sold her wares in the Western Anatolian markets several thousands of years ago, this woman's wares were truly prized and she always sold everything at market for the highest value. Other potters were jealous of her success and wanted to find her secret, so they followed her and discovered her secret cache of river bed clay, the secret was out and Kutahya was eventually developed as the most prestigious of porcelain producing regions throughout the known world. This is an original firing twice at 1400 degrees centigrade, of which only ONE exists, it is unique, and comes in its own velvet presentation case.
As the purchasor of this UNIQUE piece you can revel in the ownership of a 'treasure' Ancient series beautiful hand-painted porcelain Selcuk Dynasty decor plate. This is a stunning piece decorated in Royal Ottoman fading to blue colours with 18K gold relief filligree, flowers and ancient spiraling leaf designs from Ottoman times. It comes with a beautiful presentation/carrying case with a blue satin interior and blue velvet exterior.
Dimensions are 12" diameter.
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