AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1580
The white ground decorated under the glaze in cobalt-blue, bole-red and green with two carnations, the rim with alternating rosettes and paired tulips, the exterior with a similar pattern, some hair cracks, a drill hole to the foot
12in. (30.5cm.) diam.
Provenance
Victor Adda, Alexandria and Rome (d.1965) and thence by descent
A dish with similarly fine drawing and symmetrical design in the Ömer Koç Collection, attributed to circa 1575 (Hülya Bilgi, Iznik, Istanbul, 2015, pp.126-27, no.21).
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