OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1580-90

Details

AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH
Ottoman Turkey, circa 1580-90
With sloping rim on short foot, the white interior painted in blue with a central roundel containing a lattice surrounded by five cusped panels containing red floral sprays on a ground of spiralling motifs, the cavetto with a band of cusped motifs, in a stylised wave and rock border, the exterior with simple alternating blue roundel and trefoil motifs, two cracks, foot and rim drilled, very minor retouched rim chips
12 1/8in. (30.3cm.) diam.

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Lacey, sold Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 15 June 1979, lot 270.
Edwin Binney III

Literature

Binney, Edwin 3rd.: Turkish Treasures, 1981 supplement to the 1979 catalogue, San Diego, 1981, ceramic 5A, pp.22-23.
Denny, Walter: 'Turkish Ceramics and Textiles in the Binney Collection', in Arts of Asia, 11/12 1987, pl.61, pp. 108-110.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

This dish shows a wonderfully refined use of the colour red to highlight the medallions in what is otherwise a monochrome design. The central roundel is most unusual. It resembles that of lot 334 in this sale; for a further discussion please see the note to that lot.

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