OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1550

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AN IZNIK BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY TAZZA
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1550
With cusped sloping rim and on tall foot, the white interior painted with two shades of cobalt-blue under the glaze, decorated with foliage springing from a small tuft, issuing palmettes and small flowers in groups of three, the rim with stylized wave-and-rock motif, the exterior of the cavetto and foot decorated with stylized bouquets within double lines, rim lightly fritted
11 7/8in. (30cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

The main band of decoration of the impressive tazza places it clearly in Atasoy and Raby's "wheatsheaf" style (Nurhan Atasoy and Julian Raby, Iznik, the Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, London, 1989, pp.239-240). One of the features that they note about the style is its versatility. This tazza has unusually freely drawn elements of the design forming a radiating floral rather than a concentric design.

A slightly larger tazza also from the "wheatsheaf" group sold in these Rooms 15 October 2002 lot 332

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