(Turkish: “rush” or “reed”). An Ottoman design motif consisting of delicate curving leaves and blossoms.
Tile with saz design. From Iznik, Turkey. Stonepaste, polychrome painted under transparent glaze. 1545-55. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
(Turkish: “rush” or “reed”). An Ottoman design motif consisting of delicate curving leaves and blossoms.
Tile with saz design. From Iznik, Turkey. Stonepaste, polychrome painted under transparent glaze. 1545-55. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.