OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1575

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AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1575
With sloping rim on short foot, the white interior painted in blue, green and red with an asymmetric design of large central saz leaf with spine of small red flowerheads, striped tulip, two stylized pomegranates, flowers and smaller saz leaves against ground of densely drawn black scrolls on white, the rim with stylized wave and scroll motif in blue, black, green and red, the exterior completely plain, restored breaks on rim along one side, foot ground down
12¼in. (31cm.) diam.

Provenance

Private Collection, Marseille

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Lot Essay

This is a particularly well drawn example of a dish from a small group each of which has a ground of small black spirals. An almost identical dish, formerly in the Barlow Colection was sold by the Savile Club (Geza Fehérvári: Islamic Pottery, A Comprehensive Survey based on the Barlow Collection, London, 1973, no.229, p.161 and pl.96). Further examples of the group are illustrated together by Nurhan Atasoy and Julian Raby (Iznik, the Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, London, 1989, pls.492-500, pp.248-9).

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