Lot 227
An Iznik pottery Border Tile Turkey, circa 1560
29 April 2004, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £14,937.50 inc. premium
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Turkey, circa 1560
Turkey, circa 1560
decorated in blue, turquoise, raised red and thin black outlines with a frieze of palmettes each reserved with a tulip or carnations, tulips alternating with cloud motifs above and a vine with saz leaves below
15 x 32 cm.
15 x 32 cm.
Footnotes
Provenance:
Sotheby's, Islamic Works of Art, Carpets and Textiles, 11th October 1989, lot 118.
Similar tiles can be seen in the Mosque of Rusten Pasha in Istanbul, completed in 1561 (Tahsin Oz, Turkish Ceramics, Turkey, n.d., pl. XLI, 81).
Rustem Pasha, Grand Vizier in 1544-1553 and 1555-1561, was married to Mihrimar, daughter of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent.