Turkish Ceramics - Palace and Mosque Tiles

Description

OZ, TAHSIN Turkish Ceramics. [Istanbul], Turkish Press, Broadcasting & Tourist Department. (ca. 1950). Original publisher's gray cloth spine, gray paper-covered boards, gilt title spine & frontcover, folio: XI, 49 pp., introductory essay in English with footnotes & references, 75 plates with 144 objects depicted (several plates folding and/or 85 coloured), description of all plates and objects depicted, bibliography, table of contents. Attractive collection of Turkish art showcasing tiles found in various palaces and mosques and a variety of ceramics. The color plates in this volume are particularly attractively printed in strong colors that replicate the originals; several large folding plates are used to illustrate long thin or oversized decorative schemes. Tahsin Öz was curator at the Topkapi Museum. This work is one of the rare reference books on Turkish ceramics. The color reproductions are of exceptional quality.