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A view of engraved plate underglaze technique (sgraffito) in Anatolian Seljuk Period, Aksaray 13th century ~Turkish: 13.yüzyıl Anadolu Selçuklu Dönemi sırlı tabak, çanak ve bezemeli kaplar~ in Museum of Islamic Art (in the Tiled Kiosk - Çinili Köşk) Istanbul Archaeology Museums in Şehr-i İstanbul Turkey.

The art of ceramics developed notably with the arrival in Anatolia of the Seljuks in 1071 (after The Battle of Manzikert 26 August 1071~Malazgirt Meydan Muharebesi) and during the 13th century tiles were used for the first time architecturally, in mosques, tombs, palaces and kiosks. The underglazed and lustre tiles in the form of crosses and stars which covered the walls of palaces and kiosks in particular depicted legandary ceatures such as harpies and sphinxes, animals and birds such as the eagle, symbol of might, as well as portraying the sultans and important people of the palace. The use of tiles to create mosaics on buildings was an innovation of this period. Such mosaic tiles adorhed the mihrabs, arches, domes and interior of niches in mosques.