Lot 215
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AN IZNIK POTTERY TILE FRAGMENT
AN IZNIK POTTERY TILE FRAGMENT

OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1590

Details
AN IZNIK POTTERY TILE FRAGMENT
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1590
Of rectangular form, the white ground painted under the glaze in cobalt-blue, bole-red and green, some losses, mounted
7 ¼ x 9 ¾in. (18 x 24.8cm.)
Provenance
Acquired in Greece by the present owner, April 1984

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Lot Essay

Tiles of this design are found in the Takkeci Ibrahim Aga Mosque built in 1592 in the Topkapi district of Istanbul. Other examples, dated to the second half of the 16th century, are in the Ömer Koç collection (Hülya Bilgi, The Ömer Koç Iznik Collection, Istanbul, 2015, pp.224-225, nos.78 and 79). A panel of similar tiles is in the Calouste Gulbenkian Collection (Maria d'Orey Capucho Queiroz Ribeiro, Iznik pottery and tiles in the Calouste Gulbenkian Collection, Lisbon, 2009, cat.75, p.126, inv.no.1668).

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