CHARACTERIZATION STUDIES OF LATE OTTOMAN CERAMICS RECOVERED FROM ISTANBUL TEKFUR PALACE EXCAVATION

摘要

Tekfur Palace in Istanbul was used as a royal factory for ceramic and glass production between 1719- 1730. Excavation was started at Tekfur Palace in 1995 and lots of ceramic fragments including tiles, European porcelains and, various red and white body pottery were recovered. In addition to those sherds, raw and painting materials, frit and slag were also found. In this paper, the first report on the characterization of ten selected excavated underglaze decorated and also undecorated Tekfur tiles are given. The results compared with the 16. Century high quality Iznik tiles in order to investigate the reasons of the decline of quality in Ottoman ceramic technology during the 18th Century.