AN IZNIK POTTERY TILE

OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1580

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AN IZNIK POTTERY TILE
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1580
The square tile painted in cobalt-blue, bole-red and green, the white surface with a bold design of stylised peony blossoms with saz leaf interlace, minor chips to the glaze, drilled for suspension
12in. (31cm.) square approximately

Lot Essay

Two identical tiles with repaired breaks were sold in these Rooms 28 April 1992, lot 236, and are now in the Khalili Collection (Rogers, J.M.: Empire of the Sultans, Ottoman Art from the Collection of Nasser D.Khalili, London, 1995). Further examples are in the Tareq Rajab Museum in Kuwait.

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