Lot 219
A large Iznik pottery Tile Turkey, circa 1575
29 April 2004, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £10,755 inc. premium
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Turkey, circa 1575
Turkey, circa 1575
decorated in raised red, shades of blue, green and thin black outlines with a palmette flanked by two pairs of saz leaves, all surrounded by further half palmettes
30.7 cm. square
30.7 cm. square
Footnotes
Tiles of this type are in privy chamber of Murad III (1574-95) in the Harem of the Topkapi Saray, Istanbul (J.M. Rogers, Topkapi: Architecture, Boston, 1988, no. 67).