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THREE DIYARBEKIR POTTERY TILES

OTTOMAN EAST TURKEY, CIRCA 1600

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THREE DIYARBEKIR POTTERY TILES
Ottoman East Turkey, circa 1600
Each large square tile painted under the clear glaze with a central light blue arabesque linking ogival blue strapwork filled with rosettes overlaid by red tulips and carnations dividing panels of palmettes flanked by hyacinth flowers, one with repaired breaks, the other two with minimal retouching of chips
Overall 37 3/8 x 13¼in. (95 x 33.5cm.) (3)

Provenance

Nasli M. Heermaneck, donated by Joan Palevsky

Literature

Pal, Pratapaditya (ed.): Islamic Art, the Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, Los Angeles, 1973, no.122, p.66 (not illustrated).

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Lot Essay

Other tiles of this design are in the remains of the Armenian church of Surp Sargis in Diyarbakir (Raby, Julian: "Diyarbakir: A Rival to Iznik", Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Abteilung, Istanbul, Istanbuler Mitteilungen, vol.27/28, Tübingen, 1977/78, pl.159.2). The design originally comes from a group of tiles used for the mihrab panel of the Piyale Pasha mosque, Istanbul (Raby, op.cit., pl.159.3). Two further Diyarbakir tiles of this design are noted in the Victoria and Albert Museum (Raby, op.cit., p.457, item 6).

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