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OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1600
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A PAIR OF IZNIK POTTERY TILES
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1600
Each of rectangular form, have the white ground painted in cobalt-blue, green, turquoise and bole-red with curved vines issuing grapes and cusped leaves, the border with floral scrolling vine on cobalt-blue ground and bordered on each side with bands of turquoise, small restored chip to the edge of one tile, otherwise intact
Each 8½ x 9½in. (22 x 24cm.)
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1600
Each of rectangular form, have the white ground painted in cobalt-blue, green, turquoise and bole-red with curved vines issuing grapes and cusped leaves, the border with floral scrolling vine on cobalt-blue ground and bordered on each side with bands of turquoise, small restored chip to the edge of one tile, otherwise intact
Each 8½ x 9½in. (22 x 24cm.)
Provenance
Fernand Adda, Alexandria, d.1965, and thence by descent.
Christie's London, 25 April 2013, lot 217, where acquired by the present owner.
Christie's London, 25 April 2013, lot 217, where acquired by the present owner.
Special notice
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