Lot 201
A large Iznik "Potter's Style" pottery Dish Turkey, circa 1530-40
29 April 2004, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£30,000 - £50,000
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Find your local specialistA large Iznik "Potter's Style" pottery Dish
Turkey, circa 1530-40
Turkey, circa 1530-40
with sloping rim, decorated in blue and turquoise, the centre with a roundel containing six leaf shaped medallions centred on a rosette, all with reserved rosettes and flowers, between further flowers in reserve, the cavetto with a frieze of floral sprays, the rim with reserved panels containing a flower and with cintimani balls in between, the exterior with a frieze of floral vines bearing leaves and blossoms
37.8 cm. diam.
37.8 cm. diam.
Footnotes
This is a magnificent example of Atasoy and Raby's "Potter's Style". This short lived style was developed in the 1530's, and is characterised by its blue and turquoise colour scheme and free style decoration. There is a lingering influence of "Baba Nakkas" wares, a feature that can be seen on the back of this dish (Nurhan Atasoy and Julian Raby, Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman TUrkey, London, 1989, pp. 115-20). For comparating examples, see Atasoy/Raby, fig. 152 and Bernard Rackham, Islamic Pottery and Italian Maiolica, London, 1959, no. 70.