Lot 195
A fine Iznik pottery Flat Dish Turkey, circa 1590
29 April 2004, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £15,535 inc. premium
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Turkey, circa 1590
Turkey, circa 1590
flat with everted lip, decorated in polychrome on a white ground, the centre with a floral medallion in raised red and blue, with radial red lines forming a star shape, the rim with a band of half rosettes, the exterior with blue and black circle motifs
28.3 cm. diam.
28.3 cm. diam.
Footnotes
Provenance:
Brocklebank Collection;
Acquired at Christie's sale, 5th July 1922;
Sir Alan Barlow Collection, and by descent.
Published:
Geza Fehervari, Islamic Pottery: A Comprehensive study based on the Barlow Collection, London, 1973, no. 280, pl. 110b;
Nurhan Atasoy and Julian Raby, Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, London, 1989.
This dish, like lot 190, is based on a metallic prototype.