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Kutahya is a ceramics center which has maintained its presence from the 14th century to the present day in the art of Turkish porcelain and ceramics. Notably in the 18th century by combining the local style with inspiration taken from the contemporary porcelains of the Far East and Europe, producing elegant ware for daily use and liturgical objects. As well as blue and white, other coloured decoration including cobalt blue, turquoise, greens and earth colours including red were popular decorative colours. One of the most important and distinctive characteristics of Iznik ceramics is the use, beginning in the 18th century, of a particularly vivid and brilliant yellow. There are 126 examples in this collection of high quality 18th K