OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1561

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AN IZNIK POTTERY TILE
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1561
The square white ground painted in two shades of blue together with green, turquoise and red with scrolling tendrils terminating in two bright red tulips flanked by four green leaves, half palmettes and leaves along each side, part rosettes in two corners, very slight chips, framed
10 x 9 7/8in. (25.3 x 25cm.)

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Lot Essay

Tils of exactly this design are about the only examples in the mosque of Rustem Pasha to include a green colour and must therefore be amongst the earliest examples of its use (Öz, Tahsin: Turkish Ceramics, Istanbul, n.d., pl.XXXIX). For other tiles relating to the mosque of Rustem Pasha please see lots 242 and 321.

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