Fig. 347.—Damascus Plate.
Painted in colours.
Remains of potteries are stated to have been found at Lindus on the Island of Rhodes, and at one period all the ware of Asia Minor was attributed to those works and was called Rhodian. The pottery actually manufactured there appears, however, to have been of a somewhat coarser character than that made at Damascus and elsewhere. Richly painted tiles with diapering and conventional floral patterns under a vitreous glaze were used largely for the decoration of palaces, mosques, and tombs throughout Asia Minor and Syria; these tiles are also to be found at Constantinople.
Fig. 348.—Damascus Dish.
Fig. 349.—Rhodian Plate.