Topkapı Sarayı, Hasekiler Dairesi’nde Yeni Bulunan Bir Çeşme

Year 2012, Issue: 21, 89 - 114, 02.11.2012

Tarkan Okçuoğlu

Abstract

The Newly Discovered Fountain in the Chamber of the Hasekis, Topkapi Palace

Abstract

A massive Ottoman wall fountain has recently been uncovered under
layers of plaster during the restoration of the Chamber of the Hasekis in
the Harem of the Topkapi Palace in 2010. This article first aims to describe
and present this unregistered fountain and to introduce it to scholars working on the Topkapi Palace and fountains in Istanbul. Second, it attempts
to date it according to its stylistic particularities. Last, it aims to discuss
the originality and possible meanings of the decorations that cover the
fountain. Although cypresses and grape wines are quite common ornaments
found on Ottoman fountains, the birds that feed on the grapes are
particularities that make it unique.