{"id":172,"date":"2007-10-29T19:56:24","date_gmt":"2007-10-29T09:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=172"},"modified":"2007-10-29T19:56:24","modified_gmt":"2007-10-29T09:56:24","slug":"topkapi-palace-second-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/turkey\/things-to-see-in-istanbul\/topkapi-palace-second-court","title":{"rendered":"Topkapi Palace &#8211; Porcelain Collection &#8211; Second Courtyard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Second Courtyard of Topkapi Palace includes the Kitchens and the Porcelain collection,\u00a0including one of the world&#8217;s richest collection of Chinese porcelain.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Turkey\/Istanbul\/Topkapi\/DSC_0077.jpg.html\" title=\"Silk Road\">Silk Road <\/a>is noted\u00a0through history as\u00a0the route of cultural and commerical contacts between Eastern and Western Asia.\u00a0 <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/34791-2\/DSC_0077.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Topkapi Palace - Porcelain transportation\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Topkapi Palace - Porcelain transportation\" \/>Beginning in China, they mainly consisted of three routes which were interconnected by secondary ones.\u00a0 Their start and end locations, in addition to the important centers they passed through, have been mapped out.<\/p>\n<p>From historical documents, it can be established that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Turkey\/Istanbul\/Topkapi\/AJP_1948.jpg.html\" title=\"Chinese Porcelain\">Chinese porcelains <\/a>were generally transported by the sea route, however, there is also evidence that\u00a0some transportation of porcelain by land did occur.\u00a0 A tile painting in the Royal Kitchen (see above) depicts the transportation of porcelain.\u00a0 Chinese porcelains that were produced especially for <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"left\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/34787-2\/AJP_1948.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Topkapi Palace Chinese Porcelain Collection\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Topkapi Palace Chinese Porcelain Collection\" \/>export were loaded into ships in the harbours of China and these travelled the sea route following the south coast of India as well as the south coast of Arabian peninsula, passing through the Malacca Straits, keeping the Ceylon island on their left until the Red Sea.\u00a0 When they reached\u00a0Jeddah, they were loaded onto stronger ships and transported to the northern most point of the Red Sea.\u00a0 From the Red Sea, they\u00a0go via\u00a0Cairo\u00a0then by the Nile River to Alexandria, and finally the Mediterranean, Istanbul and Europe.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/34789-2\/DSC_0075.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Topkapi Palace - Banquet\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Topkapi Palace - Banquet\" \/>The journey was very difficult and hazardous, however, that didn&#8217;t deter the Ottoman sultans from loving their\u00a0Chinese porcelains.\u00a0 They\u00a0kept them in their private treasuries and used them for their own special <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Turkey\/Istanbul\/Topkapi\/DSC_0075.jpg.html\" title=\"Banquet\">banquets<\/a>.\u00a0 In the Topkapi Palace collection, there are 2,000 pieces of Chinese porcelains from the 13th &#8211; 19th centuries.\u00a0 The Chinese porcelain also influenced Iznik&#8217;s porcelain production from the 1520&#8217;s onwards.\u00a0 Iznik was a traditional centre of Byzantine earthenware production and in the 15th century, under the Ottomans, the centre of tile production moved to Iznik.\u00a0 For a while, copies of Chinese porcelain were made in the Iznik atelliers, but these never gained the same level of appreciation as the Chinese for the Ottoman Sultans.<\/p>\n<p>Helen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Second Courtyard of Topkapi Palace includes the Kitchens and the Porcelain collection,\u00a0including one of the world&#8217;s richest collection of Chinese porcelain. 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