Lot Essay
A similar dish depicting a peacock, but with the image reversed, is in the Metropolitan Museum (Nurhan Atasoy and Julian Raby, Iznik, the Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, London, 1989, no.642, pp.280-1).
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OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1640
Details
AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1640
With sloping rim on short foot, the white interior decorated in blue, green, black and red, a large blue peacock in the centre with red-spotted plumage and green wings, the interstices filled with red floral sprays, the rim with green and blue triangles enclosing semi-rosettes, the exterior with alternating blue and green motifs, repaired breaks, rim and foot chipped, underside with various old labels, foot drilled
11¾in. (29.6cm.) diam.
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1640
With sloping rim on short foot, the white interior decorated in blue, green, black and red, a large blue peacock in the centre with red-spotted plumage and green wings, the interstices filled with red floral sprays, the rim with green and blue triangles enclosing semi-rosettes, the exterior with alternating blue and green motifs, repaired breaks, rim and foot chipped, underside with various old labels, foot drilled
11¾in. (29.6cm.) diam.
Provenance
With Spiro, Kensington Church Street
Private collection, Cairo and Alexandria, sold Sotheby's London, 20 October 1994, lot 79
Private collection, Cairo and Alexandria, sold Sotheby's London, 20 October 1994, lot 79
Exhibited
Musée Jacquemart Andre, Paris, Splendeurs de la Céramique Ottomane, 1 April - 2 July 2000 (ex catalogue).
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