OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1575

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A PAIR OF IZNIK POTTERY TILES
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1575
Each tile of near-square form, the white ground painted under the glaze in cobalt-blue, bole-red, green and black with a lattice of stepped blue palmettes containing carnations or sprays of tulips issuing rosettes, the palmettes interlacing with a green vine issuing paired tulips, repaired breaks, areas of restoration, framed
Panel 10¼ x 21 3/8in. (25.9 x 54.5cm.)

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Lot Essay

A tile of very similar design is in the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, Istanbul, illustrated in Ahmet Ertug et al, In Pursuit of Excellence: Works of Art from The Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, 1993, p.178, pl.101.

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