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AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1600
The white ground decorated under the glaze in
cobalt-blue, bole-red, turqouise and black, the
central rosette with whirling rumi design against
a turquoise ground surrounded by radiating lobed
panels in the cavetto, the rim with stylised 'wave
and rock' motif, the exterior with alternating
flowerhead and stylised floral sprays
11win. (30cm.) diam.
£8,000-12,000 US$9,200-14,000
€9,200-14,000
The central medallion on this dish harks back to
the swirling designs of early Balkan metalwork
and fifteenth century Baba Nakkaş ceramics
(Nurham Atasoy and Julian Raby, Iznik: the Pottery
of Ottoman Turkey, London, 1989, p. 79). A dish
with a similar turquoise floral medallion is in the
collection of the Château d’Écouen, F. Hitzel
and M. Jacotin, Iznik: l’aventure d’une collection,
Paris, 2005, p.257. The rumi design around the
medallion is comparable to those on a dish in the
collection of Ömer M. Koç (H. Bilgi, The Ömer Koç
Iznik Collection, Istanbul, 2015, p.431). A small
rimless dish with a similar medallion design was
sold in Christie’s South Kensington, April 13 2010,
lot 240.
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AN IZNIK POTTERY TILE
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1585
Decorated with a central floral rosette issuing six
smaller whirling rosettes with leafy tendrils within *148
a bole-red lobed roundel against a green field, the AN IZNIK POTTERY TILE
spandrels with lobed palmettes, repaired break OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1580
10in. (25.4cm.) square
The white ground decorated with two confronted cobalt-blue palmettes linked by tendrils
£7,000-10,000 US$8,100-11,000 issuing green saz leaves with bole-red spines, three sides with a border of green palmettes
€8,000-11,000 between red bands, chips to edges, intact
11q x 13æin. (29.2 x 33.8cm.)
PROVENANCE:
£15,000-20,000 US$18,000-23,000
Oliver Hoare (d.2018), sold in these Rooms 25
€18,000-23,000
October 2019, lot 23
PROVENANCE:
Tiles almost identical to the present lot can be
Anon sale, Christie's, London, 29 April 2003, lot 169
seen in Istanbul around the mihrab of the Mesih
Pasha Mosque, built by Sinan in 1585 for a vizier
This tile shows an interesting feature in the use of black outlines. Two different tones
of Murad III (r. 1574-95). A pair of them is in the
are used, one of which is softer, paler and definitely under the glaze. The other appears
collection of the Sadberk Hanim Museum (A.
to relate to the black which is used in the cuerda seca tiles, but which appears almost to
Altun, Sadberk Hanim Museum: Turkish Tiles and
have been painted on top of the glaze before it was fired. The heavy outlines of the border
Ceramics, Istanbul, 1991, p. 44). A further pair was
palmettes show this second thicker black very clearly.
also sold in these Rooms, 13 April 2010, lots 236
and 237.
A tile with a very similar design of a lattice formed of curling saz leaves, small blue rosettes
and fleshy palmettes sold in these Rooms, 6 October 2011, lot 315 (now in the Sadberk
Hanim Museum). Whilst the palmette borders there were slightly different, the finesse of
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the drawing was absolutely the same.
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fee are also payable if the lot has a tax or λ symbol. Check Section D of the Conditions of Sale at the back of this catalogue.