OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1600

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AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1600
The white ground decorated in cobalt-blue, bole-red and green with a central roundel of rumi motifs on cobalt-blue, the cavetto with cloud and flame motifs, the rim with sylised 'wave and rock' design, the exterior plain, a small drill hole to the foot
11 ¾ in. (30cm) diam.

Provenance

Victor Adda, Alexandria and Rome (d.1965) and thence by descent

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Lot Essay

A dish with a similar central composition and rim with 'wave and rock' motifs can be found in the Omer Koc Collection (Hülya Bilgi, Iznik: The Ömer Koç Collection, Istanbul, 2015, cat.213, p.459). Meanwhile a similar flame and cloud motif cavetto is found on a dish at the Musée National de la Renaissance (Frederic Hitzel and Mireille Jacotin, Iznik l’aventure d’une collection: Les céramiques ottomanes du musée national de la Renaissance Château d'Ecouen, Paris, 2005, cat.389, p.257).

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