OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1600

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AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH
Ottoman Turkey, circa 1600
With rounded sides and short foot, the turquoise interior with a central roundel painted with a single plant issuing serrated leaves, in a border of bold wave-motifs containing radiating red and blue stripes, a band of cusped motifs around the rim, the exterior plain white, slight rim chips, crudely repaired breaks
11½in. (29.3cm.) diam.

Provenance

Louis Bowen, New York, sold from his estate in these Rooms, 14 October 2002, lot 301

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Lot Essay

This is a most unusual dish both for the colouring and also for the combination of motifs. The border design is one normally found with radiating central designs comparable to that of lot 316 or 371. Here the centre is remarkable with its exuberant display of leaves and not a flower to be seen.

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