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An Iznik pottery Dish Turkey, circa 1560 image 1
An Iznik pottery Dish Turkey, circa 1560 image 2
Lot 53

An Iznik pottery Dish
Turkey, circa 1560

6 October 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £7,750 inc. premium

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An Iznik pottery Dish
Turkey, circa 1560

of shallow rounded form with sloping cusped rim, decorated underglaze in cobalt blue, green and raised-red with black outline with a spray of tulips, hyacinths and carnations issuing from a leafy tuft, the rim with rock and wave design, the exterior with flowerheads and foliate sprays
30 cm. diam.

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Provenance
Formerly in the Bompard collection.

The colour red was introduced to Iznik pottery in the late 1550s at the same time as emerald green. A dense slip composed of red clay was applied in relief under the glaze causing the red areas to be raised. The present lot was made during the transitional period when raised red was still in an experimental phase.

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