OTTOMAN TURKEY, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY

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A FIGURAL IZNIK POTTERY DISH
OTTOMAN TURKEY, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY
The white ground painted in cobalt-blue, bole-red, green and black with a central kneeling figure with a huqqa to his side, the pipe running through his hands, hyacinth and tulip sprays surround, the rim with alternating rosettes and floral sprays between black bands, some chips and staining to rim, the exterior with alternating green and blue motifs, foot drilled
101/2in. (26.7cm.) diam.

Provenance

With Spink & Son LTD, London, 6th February 1980
Anon sale, Christie's, London, 21 April 2016, lot 170

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Lot Essay

Unlike the more common depictions of standing figures, the present dish is somewhat unusual and depicts a kneeling figure at a loom. Another kneeling figure, although this time playing a tambourine, is illustrated in Hülya Bilgi, Dance of Fire, Istanbul, 2009, nos. 287-294, pp. 447-455). A number of other figural dishes were sold in these Rooms 31 March 2022, lot 122 to 125.

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