Lot 161
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AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH
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AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH

OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1590

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AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH
Ottoman Turkey, circa 1590
With sloping rim on short foot, the white interior painted with three rows of sailing vessels with striped blue sails, various green and red motifs scattered in the sea, the rim with stylised wave and spiralling motifs, the exterior with alternating green and blue motifs, retouched cracks, restoration to one area of rim
12in. (30.4cm.) diam.
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

A very similar dish from the same collection was sold in these Rooms, 15 October 2002, lot 378. The drawing of the boats in the present dish usefully includes the main mast of each boat which was lacking in the boats of the previous example. For a discussion of the group of ship dishes please see Öney, Gönül: "Iznik Pottery Embracing the High Seas", P, Art and Culture Magazine, Spring 2003, Issue 8, pp.78-91).

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