Iznik dishes with perching birds are extremely rare. Özden Süslü, in a lecture given to the Fourth International Congress of Turkish Art entitled 'Le motif du paon dans la céramique ottomane du XVI siècle' discussed seven dishes in important institutions. While a number more can be added to this list, for example that in the Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, one in the Wallace Collection, one in the Metropolitan Museum and single examples in the Çinili Kösk, Istanbul and a very similar one formerly in the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Farnham, the total is still very low. The drawing under the foot of the dish also adds interest to the piece. Both sketches and inscriptions on the underside of Iznik dishes are a very rarely encountered feature.