An Iznik polychrome pottery Plate Turkey, circa 1575
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A fine Iznik pottery Plate
Turkey, circa 1575
with central spray of clasped red roses and other flowers contained within a heart-shape formed by two blue saz leafs, with plain cavetto and flat rim with a continuous band of half-rosettes on a blue ground; the reverse with six-paired tulips alternating with rosettes
29 cm. diam.
Estimate:
£30,000 - 50,000
€35,000 - 59,000
US$ 47,000 - 79,000

Footnotes

  • Provenance: Property of a Gentleman; acquired Sotheby's, Islamic and Indian Art, 25th April 1996, Lot 79; previously Soustiel-Etude Debaussy-Ricqules, Paris, 14th December 1990, Lot 274.

    For a similar dish in the Sadberg Hanim Museum, Istanbul, see Altun, Ara et al., Sadberk Hanim Museum. Turkish Tiles and Ceramics, Istanbul, 1991, p. 28, no. I.26.

Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art

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