A VERY LARGE IZNIK POTTERY TILE

OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1570

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A VERY LARGE IZNIK POTTERY TILE
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1570
Of rectangular form, the white ground painted in two shades of cobalt-blue, green, turquoise, red and black with a central bold palmette flanked by scrolling vine issuing interlaced saz leaves, in a narrow border of radiating lappet motifs, repaired breaks
13 5/8 x 23in. (34.7 x 58.7cm.)

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This masterfully painted tile is very similar to a tile in the Louvre (no. 3919/2287; Turks, exhibition catalogue, London, 2005, p. 348, ill. 328). It perfectly illustrates the new decorative style developed in the 1570s by the naqqashhane, the Imperial atelier in charge of elaborating new decorative designs. The feathery saz leaves stressed with black lines, spiralling and piercing one another are remarkably drawn. The palette of colour is generally sober although the famous Iznik bole-red of the leaf spine contrasts sharply with the soft sage green of the leaves itself.