Lot 204
An Iznik pottery Dish Turkey, circa 1570-75
29 April 2004, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£10,000 - £15,000
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Turkey, circa 1570-75
Turkey, circa 1570-75
rimless, decorated in blue, green, raised red and black outlines with a vase containing carnations, flanked by hacinth and prunus sprays, a cloud border around the edge, the exterior with paired tulips alternating with rosettes
27.8 cm. diam.
27.8 cm. diam.
Footnotes
This dish, with its lyrical design of carnations, can be compared to a dish and a tankard in the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, see John Carswell, Iznik: Pottery for the Ottoman Empire, Doha 2003, nos. 24 and 25.