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Lot Essay
The design of this dish is very close to the Chinese original. Two very similar examples are in the Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf, although both have higher feet (Islamische Keramik, exhibition catalogue, Düsseldorf, 1973, nos.311 and 313, pp.216-217) while another is in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Binney, Edwin and Denny, Walter B.: Turkish Treasures from the Collection of Edwin Binney 3rd, Portland, Oregon, 1979, Ceramic 3, pp.206-7). The copying of Chinese designs became one of the motifs which was incorporated into the Iznk repertoire, the execution of the design gradually changing from the earlier examples such as one sold in these Rooms 21 June 2000, lot 48, or another similar in the Gulbenkian Collection (Ribeiro, Maria Queiroz: Iznik Pottery, Liusbon, 1996, no.26, pp.136-7).
The execution of the present dish is very similar to that of a related group of dishes which take the Chinese design slightly further, and are related in turn by Atasoy and Raby to the "wheatsheaf" style exemplified by lot 334 in this sale (Atasoy, Nurhan and Raby, Julian: Iznik, the Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, London, 1989, pp.237-9 and pls.441-446).
The execution of the present dish is very similar to that of a related group of dishes which take the Chinese design slightly further, and are related in turn by Atasoy and Raby to the "wheatsheaf" style exemplified by lot 334 in this sale (Atasoy, Nurhan and Raby, Julian: Iznik, the Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, London, 1989, pp.237-9 and pls.441-446).