AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH
AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH
1 More
These lots have been imported from outside the EU … Read more
AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH

OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1590

Details
AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1590
With cusped sloping rim on short foot, the white ground painted in bole-red, cobalt-blue, green and black with a central bunch of tulips issuing from a central vase, symmetrically enclosed by branches of lilies and carnations, the rim with 'wave and rock' pattern, the reverse with alternating rosettes and flowers, intact
12¼in. (31cm.) diam.
Provenance
Dr. Chompret (1888-1956)
Sold Pescheteau-badin, Godeau, Leroy, Drouot-Richelieu, Paris 28 February 2000, lot 3
Special notice
These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale using a Temporary Import regime. Import VAT is payable (at 5%) on the Hammer price. VAT is also payable (at 20%) on the buyer’s Premium on a VAT inclusive basis. When a buyer of such a lot has registered an EU address but wishes to export the lot or complete the import into another EU country, he must advise Christie's immediately after the auction.

Brought to you by

Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse
Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse

Check the condition report or get in touch for additional information about this

If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.

Sign in
View condition report

Lot Essay

A dish in the collection of the Musée National de la Renaissance dated to circa 1570 has a very similar symmetrical floral design with a vase issuing flowers at the centre, (Frédéric Hitzel and Mireille Jacotin, Iznik. L’Aventure d’Une Collection, Paris, 2005, fig. 57, p. 91). The floral stems painted with very fine black lines are also common to both dishes. Each of the dishes have the central floral spray issuing from a series of curved leaves spread out in the form of a fan and held together at the base by a cusped cloudband. This is probably in reference to earlier Chinese designs in which the floral spray issued from a unified point with roots below that were bound together by a curved ribbon. The ribbon and the roots in the case of our dish have been adapted and transformed into an Ottoman-style cloudband. An Iznik dish dated slightly later than our example but also with a vessel issuing a floral spray was sold in these Rooms, 10 April 2014, lot 199.

More from Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds

View All
View All