Lot 144
144
AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH with sloping rim on short foot, the white interior painted in cobalt-blue, emerald-green and bole-red with a central cusped floral panel flanked by a symmetrical arrangement of floral sprays, in a stylised wave and scrolling motif border, extensively overpainted with gold leaf, the centre with highlights on the flowers, the rim with rosettes, chequered lozenges and other floral motifs, the underside with alternating green rosettes and blue leaf motifs, early 17th century (one small piece of rim missing, chips to rim and to bole-red)

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AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH with sloping rim on short foot, the white interior painted in cobalt-blue, emerald-green and bole-red with a central cusped floral panel flanked by a symmetrical arrangement of floral sprays, in a stylised wave and scrolling motif border, extensively overpainted with gold leaf, the centre with highlights on the flowers, the rim with rosettes, chequered lozenges and other floral motifs, the underside with alternating green rosettes and blue leaf motifs, early 17th century (one small piece of rim missing, chips to rim and to bole-red)
14¼in. (36.2cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

The overglaze painting in gold leaf seen here and on the following lot that partly outlines existing motifs and partly follows its own designs is a feature of a group of Iznik dishes from the seventeenth century. Many, including these two, have similar technical characteristics, such as the widely crackled slightly off-white ground and the form of the flowers on the reverse, indicating that they were made in the same atelier.

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