 The combination of these two styles is referred to as "Rumi-Hatayi" where "Rumi" denotes the Ottoman arabesque patterns and "Hatayi" the Chinese inspired floral patterns.Many of the meticulously painted arabesque motifs of this early period are believed to be influenced by Ottoman metalwork.Although both the use of cobalt blue on a white background and the shape of large dishes were clearly influenced by Chinese porcelain from the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the early Iznik fritware dishes were far from being direct copies of Chinese designs.