Lot Essay
A very similar tile was exhibited in Tulips, Arabesques and Turbans, Exhibition Catalogue, Leighton House, London, 1982, no.83, while another was sold at Sotheby's, London, 12 October 1982, lot 65.
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1530
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AN IZNIK POTTERY TILE
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1530
Of hexagonal form, with interlocking cobalt-blue palmettes interrupted by stylised peony blossoms issuing from a central rosette and trellis against a white ground, with a border of two blue stripes, an outer border of cobalt floral motifs against a turquoise ground, small chips, slight restoration, in wooden frame
10½in. (27cm.)
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1530
Of hexagonal form, with interlocking cobalt-blue palmettes interrupted by stylised peony blossoms issuing from a central rosette and trellis against a white ground, with a border of two blue stripes, an outer border of cobalt floral motifs against a turquoise ground, small chips, slight restoration, in wooden frame
10½in. (27cm.)