Lot 209
An Iznik pottery Dish Turkey, 17th Century
29 April 2004, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,824 inc. premium
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Turkey, 17th Century
Turkey, 17th Century
with sloping rim, decorated in raised red, green, blue and black with a sailing boat, the boat with a flag surrounded by tulip sprays, the rim with paired leaves alternating with a single cintimani ball, the exterior with stylised flowerheads
26.1 cm. diam.
26.1 cm. diam.
Footnotes
For a depiction of this type of boat, see Nurhan Atasoy and Julian Raby, Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, London, 1898, nos. 647-650.