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Lot 80

Two Iznik cobalt and turquoise hexagonal pottery Tiles
Turkey, circa 1540-45
(2)

23 April 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£4,000 - £6,000

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Two Iznik cobalt and turquoise hexagonal pottery Tiles
Turkey, circa 1540-45

each decorated with a radial design of palmette arabesques, rumi motifs and lotus blossoms in two shades of cobalt-blue and turquoise under a transparent colourless glaze
each approx. 18 cm. diam.(2)

Footnotes

Property of a Gentleman.

An example of this type can be found in the Omer M. Koc Collection (Hulya Bilgi, Dance of Fire, Exhibition Catalogue, Istanbul, 2009, no. 30).

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