An Iznik polychrome pottery Bowl Turkey, circa 1590
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An Iznik polychrome pottery Bowl
Turkey, circa 1590
with sloping rim on a short foot, the white interior painted with fine black spiralling motifs around a concentric red and blue swirling flowerhead, within a plain turquoise band, the cavetto with blue, white and red scrolling leaves, in a blue border of overlapping red and white trefoils, the underside plain
30.6 cm. diam.
Sold for £22,500 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance: Property of a Gentleman; acquired Christie's, Islamic Art and Indian Miniatures and Rugs and Carpets, 15 October 1996, Lot 242, where it was noted as belonging to a group of Iznik dishes offered in the same sale that had been purchased by the vendor's ancestor in the 19th Century.

Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art

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