OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1580

The floral decoration on our tile comprising a stylised composite blossom and a peony on white ground is closely comparable to the colour palette and decoration in a border tile in the Ömer Koç collection (see Bilgi, 2015, no.64, pp.196-197). There is a tile panel in the David Collection in Copenhagen with a central medallion similarly comprising tulips on a bole red ground (Folsach, 2001, p.193, no.278, acc.no. 41/1968).