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Home Decor Accessory - Handmade Crafts - Wedding Dove - Cobalt Blue Dove with Flower Motifs, #1
(length: 8")

These are figures of a traditional Ottoman wedding. During the wedding ceremony, one male and one female dove would be presented to the couple, as symbols of love. These lovebirds were believed to bring good luck to the family, and were passed on from generation to generation.

Price: $29.99

Home Decor Accessory - Handmade Crafts - Ceramic Cat with Flower Motifs, "playful"
(length: 6.5")

These are made in the Kutahya area in Asia Minor, which is famous for its unique cobalt blue colored cini.By the 18th century, the ceramic industry in Iznik, which was at its peak during the 16th century, died out completely and Kutahya replaced it as the leading center in western Anatolia

Price: $22.99

Home Decor Accessory - Handmade Crafts
Egg, Beige
(3 inches)

Painted using the famous Turkish tile art technique originated in Iznik. Iznik tile, the hardest of all ceramic productions, is obtained through the synthesis of human labor, creativity and patience. tiles produced by this unique technique are made on a very clean white base with hard backs and underglazed decorations and 70-80 percent of them are composed of quartz and quartzite.

Price: $9.00

Home Decor Accessory - Evil-eye Ball
(length: 37)
 

The three cirles with dots and the wavy lines around them are called the "cintimani" motif. The word "Cintamani" originates from the Sanskrit "Cintamani" in Esotheric Buddhism philosophy. It means treasure ball or wishgranting jewel. It is also the name of the well-known three dots and stripes pattern. Doubtless, Turkish people brough their own cultures based on religions like Buddhism, Shamanism and Manism with them when they came from Central Asia to Anatolia.

Price: $39.99

Home Decor Accessory - Handmade Crafts - Wedding Dove - Cobalt Blue Dove with Flower Motifs, #2
(length: 8")

Our doves are made in the Kutahya area in Asia Minor, which is famous for its unique cobalt blue colored cini. A male dove has lines (solid or with patterns) that mark the edges of its wings, a female one does not.
      By the 18th century, the ceramic industry in Iznik, which was at its peak during the 16th century, died out completely and Kutahya replaced it as the leading center in western Anatolia.

Price: $29.99

Home Decor Accessory - Handmade Crafts - Ceramic Cat with Flower Motifs, "orange"
(length: 6.5")

These are made in the Kutahya area in Asia Minor, which is famous for its unique cobalt blue colored cini.By the 18th century, the ceramic industry in Iznik, which was at its peak during the 16th century, died out completely and Kutahya replaced it as the leading center in western Anatolia
 

Price: $22.99

Home Decor Accessory - Handmade Crafts
Egg, Blue
(3 inches)

Its beauty arises from the harmonious composition of three successive quartz layers and a paste-slip-gaze combination which is extremely difficult to bring together. The mixture of quartz, clay and glaze disperses in a very wide thermic spectrum at 900 centigrade. Some of the colors observed on these tiles, particularly the coral red are very hard to obtain and apply. This hand painted easter egg makes a very unique gift or collectible.

Price: $9.00

Home Decor Accessory - Handmade Crafts - Wedding Dove - Cobalt Blue Dove with Flower Motifs, #3
(length: 8")

A male bird has lines (solid or with patterns) that mark the edges of its wings, a female one does not. By the 18th century, the ceramic industry in Iznik, which was at its peak during the 16th century, died out completely and Kutahya replaced it as the leading center in western Anatolia with, these love birds are classic examples of Kutahya tile. Indeed, Kutahya had been in operation as a secondary center along with Iznik since the 14th century, but its production always paled in Iznik's brilliance.

Price: $29.99