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Lot 195

A fine Iznik pottery Flat Dish
Turkey, circa 1590

29 April 2004, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £15,535 inc. premium

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A fine Iznik pottery Flat Dish
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.

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.

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