Lot Essay
A tile of identical design is in the British Museum (Venetia Porter, Islamic Tiles, London, 1995, no.94, p.105).
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OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1530
Details
A BLUE AND WHITE IZNIK POTTERY TILE
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1530
Of rectangular form, the surface painted in cobalt-blue and turquoise on white ground with a design based around a quatrefoil motif issuing four elegant flowerheads alternating with split palmettes, minor trefoil palmettes between, the spandrels with elegant arabesque reserved against cobalt-blue ground, chips to glaze, minor losses to corners, otherwise intact
7¼ x 10¾in. (18.2 x 27.1cm.)
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1530
Of rectangular form, the surface painted in cobalt-blue and turquoise on white ground with a design based around a quatrefoil motif issuing four elegant flowerheads alternating with split palmettes, minor trefoil palmettes between, the spandrels with elegant arabesque reserved against cobalt-blue ground, chips to glaze, minor losses to corners, otherwise intact
7¼ x 10¾in. (18.2 x 27.1cm.)
Provenance
Anon Sale, Sotheby's, London, 11th February 1964, lot 14
Brought to you by
Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse
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