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There are many glaze cracks on the product. These cracks are not noticeable from a distance of 2 meters.
The product you order is a completely handmade Iznik ceramic piece. As you know, ceramics are covered with glaze. Cracks may occur on the glaze of ceramics, and this is natural for Iznik ceramics. Glaze cracks have also formed on the Iznik tiles inside the historic Selimiye Mosque. A glaze crack is definitely not a defect.
Shahdar: Cracks in Ceramics
Shahdar is an Ottoman Turkish word meaning branched or knotty. In ceramic works, the cracks that form on the glassy glaze layer due to moisture and humidity are called Shahdar. Every ceramic piece may develop Shahdar one day; some within a few days, and some centuries later. This is like the wrinkles that inevitably appear on human skin as people age. Ottoman artists attributed different meanings to every motif and color they applied to ceramics, and for Shahdar they said: “Just as the skin of humankind wrinkles with age, ceramic also becomes Shahdar.”
A perfect fish-patterned coffee set for two people.
It is shipped in an elegant velvet-covered wooden box.
First-class handmade.
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