Lot 243
243
AN IZNIK BLUE, WHITE TURQUOISE AND BLACK POTTERY TILE
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AN IZNIK BLUE, WHITE TURQUOISE AND BLACK POTTERY TILE

OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1560

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AN IZNIK BLUE, WHITE TURQUOISE AND BLACK POTTERY TILE
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1560
The white ground painted at each side with a large bold part palmette or rosette linked by curling tendrils around a central scrolling saz leaf overlaid with a floral stem, chips to edges, mounted on board
13 3/8 x 13 1/8in. (33.8 x 33.2cm.)
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Lot Essay

Many panels of this design, executed, as here, in large size tiles, are found on the external walls of the tomb of Eyup. Three further examples are in the British Museum (Porter, Venetia: Islamic Tiles, London, 1995, Fig.96, p.107). Another example from the Heidi Vollmoeller Collection is in this sale, lot 342.

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