OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1570

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AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1570
The white ground painted in bole-red, cobalt blue, green and black, the centre decorated with a a cypress tree surrounded by roses and hyacinths, the cusped rim with stylised 'wave and rock' motif, the reverse with alternating blue rosette and tulip design, two old collection stickers on the base, one crack running from rim into the bowl
14 1/2in. (37cm.) diam.

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This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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Lot Essay

A dish similarly decorated with a central cypress tree surrounded by broken branches of carnations is in the Ömer Koç collection attributed to 1570-75 (Hülya Bilgi, The Ömer Koç Iznik Collection, Istanbul, 2015, pp.130-31, no.23). Like ours that has a cusped wave and rock design rim. Ours is however much larger and painted in a softer shade of green.

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