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Lot Essay
The gentle swaying or ‘blowing in the wind’ movement of the flowers on this dish, indicate the influence of naturalistic designs favoured by Kara Memi, the chief painter at the Ottoman court in the later part of the 16th century. A remarkably similar dish sold in these Rooms, 26 April 2012, lot 249. Not only are small details of the design very similar, but they also both use a striking rich dark-green which was phased out in favour of the lighter emerald green from the 1570s onwards.