Details
TWO FRAGMENTARY IZNIK TILES, the white ground of each with small scrolling palmette and leafy vine around red, turquoise and blue cusped flowerheads, flanked by similar part larger panels containing white cloud-band, circa 1560 (each damaged), framed with title, overall 9½ x 15¼in. (24.1 x 38.7cm.), and A FRAGMENTARY IZNIK BORDER TILE, the blue ground with a design of scrolling tendrils issuing palmettes, flowerheads and serrated leaves, executed in brilliant colours, plain turquoise border above and below, circa 1570, framed, 6 1/8 x 8½in. (15.6 x 21.6cm.) (2)
Provenance
Joseph V. McMullan. Sold by his wife to the present owner. The first part of this lot was purchased by McMullan from Kelekian and appears originally to have been in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum who went through a series of deaccessionings in the 1930's. The remains of the label on the reverse corroborates this.