The nearest approach to porcelain in Persian ware is a sort of siliceous frit or fine stoneware, which possesses a very slight degree of translucency but is not true porcelain composed of kaolin and petuntse like Chinese porcelain. Small creamy white basins, with the sides pierced with slashes and filled with translucent glazes, are semi-translucent and have the appearance of porcelain. [Illustration: FIG. 345.--ROSE-WATER SPRINKLER.] [Illustration: FIG. 346.--ROSE-WATER SPRINKLER.] SYRIA AND TURKEY Dr. Fortnum was of opinion that what is generally known as DAMASCUS ware was probably made not only in that city but at Constantinople, Broussa, and all the principal sites of manufacturing industry throughout Syria and Asia Minor. It is distinguished by the great brilliancy of its enamel colours, the principal of which are a deep lapis-lazuli blue, turquoise, a vivid emerald green, a brilliant red purple, orange or buff, olive green and black. The pieces consist principally of circular dishes, jugs with long cylindrical necks and globular bodies, flasks, &c., and the best specimens were probably produced during the first half of the 16th century. [Illustration: FIG. 347.--DAMASCUS PLATE. _Painted in colours._] Remains of potteries are stated to have been found at Lindus on the Island of Rhodes, and at one period all the ware of Asia Minor was attributed to those works and was called Rhodian. The pottery actually manufactured there appears, however, to have been of a somewhat coarser character than that made at Damascus and elsewhere. Richly painted tiles with diapering and conventional floral patterns under a vitreous glaze were used largely for the decoration of palaces, mosques, and tombs throughout Asia Minor and Syria; these tiles are also to be found at Constantinople. [Illustration: FIG. 348.--DAMASCUS DISH.] [Illustration: FIG. 349.--RHODIAN PLATE.] INDEX _Adams, William_, 234 Alcora, 47, 129 Amstel, Oude, 173 Amsterdam, 105, 172 Anspach, 143 Aprey, 74 Apt, 53 Armentières, 74 Arnstadt, 98 Arras, 193 Asia Minor, 310 _Astbury_, 228 Avignon, 54 Baden-Baden, 156 Baranowka, 182 Bassano, 35 Bayreuth, 87, 144 Beauvais, 53 Berlin, 135 Blois, 54 Boissette, 200 _Booth, Enoch_, 234 Boulogne-sur-Mer, 194 Bourg-la-Reine, 80, 196 Bow, 274 Bradwell, 230 Bristol, 251, 269 Broussa, 310 Brussels, 177 Buen Retiro, 127 Bunzlau, 95 Burslem, 220 Burton-on-Trent, 264 Cadborough, 252 Caen, 201 Cafaggiolo, 19 Capo di Monte, 114 Castel Durante, 10 Castelli, 27 Castleford, 246 Caughley, 270 _Chaffers, Richard_, 240 Chantilly, 189 Château-la-Lune, 74 Chelsea, 279 China, 285 Città di Castello, 37 Clignancourt, 197 Closter Veilsdorf, 146 Coalport, 241, 271 Cobridge, 234 Colebrook Dale, 272 Cologne (Köln), 88 Constantinople, 312 Copenhagen, 185 Creil, 80 Damascus, 310