IMITATION IZNIKS  :

Imitation Izniks, because the only genuine ones are very ancient, and adorn the walls of Topkapi and the mosques of Istanbul. Unfortunately, the current Turkish output is either too laborious or too skilful is in any case made to become "souvenirs of Turkey". Their exorbitant price could encourage people to buy an illicit transfer-printed copy made by machine in Italy , but nobody would want to cover their walls with them. So I left Istanbul both dazzled by the ancient tiles, and at the same time disappointed not to be able to add a single tile representing this superb tradition in our shops. But having seen the Iznik tiles again, and observed their extraordinary sparkle in the light of my recent tile experience, I realized that there was a similarity between this technique and that of the Indian potters based in Jaipur. (...)