asia. and so, for turkey's ottoman empire, the tulip became its icon, its brand really.t's native to that area, but it's been cultivated a lot. and then the flower itself traveled and was traded into europe, where it caused a dutch sensation that you may have heard of, tulipomania. but in the artworks, ottoman tulip artworks were traded into europe, and the europeans themselves then appropriated i guess, or were inspired by the ottoman tulips and created their own version. robert: i see, so, they almost, in a sense, brought that image with them. dany: yes, they did. robert: and what's next? dany: the next flower is the plum blossom, which in this exhibition, it's one of the largest sections. it's represented by ceramics, by lacquers, by paintings. but certainly one of the most popular displays so far has been this row of 12 album paintings by the only historical female artist in the exhibition. robert: and what do these represent? dany: these flowers, each one of them represents a month of the lunar calendar. so there's--the plum blossom is the symbol of spring, the firs