OTTOMAN TURKEY, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY

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AN IZNIK BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY DISH
OTTOMAN TURKEY, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
With cusped sloping rim on short foot, the white interior painted in two shades of blue, the central cusped roundel with blue-grey scrolling tendrils issuing flowerheads around a central rosette, the rim with cobalt-blue stylised wave and rock designs, the exterior with alternating rosette and leaf designs, repaired
11¾in. (30cm.) diam.

Provenance

Anon sale, Sotheby's, London, 19 October 1983, lot 219.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Lot Essay

This dish is clearly a later survival of the blue and white flower scroll design that first appears at Iznik in around 1530 (Nurhan Atasoy and Julian Raby, Iznik, London, 1989, nos.198-202, pp.122-3). What makes it very unusual is the combination of light grey and blue, demonstrating that the grey colour is very much purposeful at times. Here it emphasises the delicacy of the centre when compared to he border with its stronger colour and denser design.

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