Iznik pottery from Dobor

Abstract

Faience represent the most famous kind of ceramics that was produced in the Ottoman Empire. During the period of Ottoman rule in Bosnia, faience or porcelain, along with other luxury items for household equipment, found their place in the inventory of the rich beys and merchant families. Findings from Iznik ceramics testify the intensive trade or, rather, ramified retail networks of the 16th century in the Balkans. Of the total ceramic inventory that was found at the site, five vessels belong to the findings of oriental ceramic workshops. Typologically, among the findings of ceramics from Iznik, occur jars, lids and bowls. Although some of the material could come as a gift, diversity in style tells us a lot about the needs, tastes and aesthetic criteria of several generations of the wealthy family from Dobor.