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Iznik Tile: Iznik Pottery Dish C 1580 Lot 105 Apr 06

Iznik Tile: Iznik Pottery Dish C 1580 Lot 105 Apr 06
 

Country of Origin: Ottoman Empire

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Auction Catalogue Description:

Sale Title ART OF THE ISLAMIC AND INDIAN WORLDS
Location London, King Street Sale Date Apr 04, 2006
Lot Number 105 Sale Number 7218
Creator OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1580
Lot Title AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH
Estimate 10,000 - 15,000 British pounds
Special Notice No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Lot Description AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1580
With sloping rim on short foot, the white interior decorated in cobalt-blue, green and black underglaze and bole-red, with two recurved large green saz leaves issuing from a central tuft forming a broad cartouche enclosing two bold palmettes in blue and red, the interstices filled with similar smaller palmettes, the rim with stylized wave and rock border in blue and black, the edges painted to imitate cusping, the exterior with alternating paired tulips and single flowerheads in blue with green highlights, rim and foot drilled, minimal rim chips, remnants of old collection labels on underside
11 5/8in. (29.6cm.) diam.

Provenance With Spiro, Kensington Church Street, 1949

Lot Notes There are various labels on the underside of this dish, one of which reads: "Plat Rhodes acheté par M ........ en decembre 1949 chez Spiro, Londres".

A similar dish was sold in these Rooms 12 April 1988, lot 283, while another, from the Lagonico Collection, was sold at Sotheby's, Monaco, 9 December 1991, lot 35.

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