OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1580

細節

AN IZNIK POLYCHROME TILE
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1580
From a large composition comprising part of a turquoise spandrel with bold scrolling arabesques above a small section of blue floral field, the majority of the tile formed of a blue border with palmette vine overlaying a large cloudband-motif, single break, slight chips, one retouched corner
9 3/8in x 9 3/8in. (23.9cm x 23.9cm.)

來源

Jacques Matossian, 1960

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拍品專文

Other tiles from the same original spandrel design panel are in the Victoria and Albert Museum (Lane, Arthur: A Guide to the Collection of Tiles, London, 1960, pl.14a). The border design on its own is used on a group of four border tiles sold in these Rooms, 15 October 2002, lot 337, a further band of six tiles in the David Collection, Copenhagen (Folsach, Kjeld v.: Art from the World of Islam in the David Collection, Copenhagen, 2001, no.270, p.190), and a fragment in the Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf (Islamische Keramik, exhibition catalogue, Düsseldorf, 1973, no.345(pt.), p.235), Further examples are in the Sadberk Hanim Museum, Istanbul (Altun, Ara; Carswell, John and Öney, Gönül: Turkish Tiles and Ceramics, Istanbul, 1991, no.i.62, p.41 and cover illustr.).