OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1570

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AN IZNIK POTTERY TILE
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1570
From a large inscription panel, comprising part of the blue ground medallion with bold naskh calligraphy, the white ground spandrel with very delicate blue, green and red saz foliage, the upper brilliant red border with white, blue and green interwoven arabesques, plain turquoise stripe border above and below, excellent glaze, minimal chips to edges, firing crack
9½in x 9½in. (24.1cm x 24.2cm.)

Provenance

Breusch, 1971

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Lot Essay

Another tile from the same original project is in the Sadberk Hanim Museum, Istanbul (Soustiel, Laure: Splendeurs de la ceramique ottomane, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 2000, no.40, p.83). A comparison of the two tiles however creates as many questions as it answers. The Sadberk Hanim tile appears to be from the corner of a tympanum, while this one is clearly from an inscription panel. This implies they were part of a large architectural interior rather than just a single panel. With this execution and brilliance of colour the original interior would have been spectacular.

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