AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH

OTTOMAN TURKEY, SECOND QUARTER 16TH CENTURY

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AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH
OTTOMAN TURKEY, SECOND QUARTER 16TH CENTURY
Of shallow form with slightly everted rim on short foot, the white interior painted in cobalt-blue with a chinoiserie design of central peony blossom surrounded by a band of radiating cusped panels and with simple minor diaper band at rim, the exterior with cloudbands and roundels, intact, glaze abraded
9in. (22.6cm.) diam.

拍品專文

The very pure white colour coupled with a pure cobalt-blue which pools to an intense almost black tone. The design is wonderfully restrained, allowing the purity of both design and colour to show through. For a fuller discussion of Iznik dishes of this shape and period, please see the note to the following lot.