OTTOMAN TURKEY, MID-17TH CENTURY

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AN IZNIK FIGURAL POTTERY DISH: A MAIDEN IN A GARDEN
OTTOMAN TURKEY, MID-17TH CENTURY
On short straight foot, the polychrome blue, green and bole-red decoration with a standing figure flanked with tulips, the gently sloping rim with swaying patterns, on white ground, the foot drilled and chipped
10?in. (25.6cm.) diam.

Provenance

Private collection, France, acquired prior to 1981; and thence by descent to the present owner

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Lot Essay

A similar pottery dish, depicting a lady standing in a garden is in Museé National de la Renaissance, Ecouen. The garden is indicated by a few rising flowers. The lady wears a long coat with a belt, the short sleeves reveal a coloured shirt, the robe or coat hangs over a pair of striped trousers, the head is capped with a tall hat from which escape a long black plait (Hitzel, Jacotin, Iznik, L'Aventure d'une Collection, Paris, 2005, fig.52, p.292).

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