Lot 228
An Iznik pottery Tile Turkey, second quarter of 16th Century
29 April 2004, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,868 inc. premium
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Turkey, second quarter of 16th Century
Turkey, second quarter of 16th Century
decorated in blue and turquoise with four medallions containing a leaf central on a rosette, a vine lattice bearing palmettes between
approx 22.5 cm. square
approx 22.5 cm. square
Footnotes
This tile related to hexagonal examples on the facede of the Sunnet Odasi in the fourth countyard of the Topkapi Palace, Istanbul (Esin Atil, The Age of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, Washington D.C., 1987, fig. 21). Five hexagonal tiles in the Cinili Kosk, Istanbul, are also in the same colour scheme (Atil, fig. 180).