OTTOMAN TURKEY, SECOND QUARTER 17TH CENTURY

Alongside the well-known floral and geometric motifs found in Iznik of the 16^th century, by the 17^th century there was a growing trend of using individual animals and birds to decorate the interior of dishes. These often quite loosely drawn characters have a humour and charm to them and we find peacocks, as with the current dish, pigeons, horses (see lot 157), deer, and jackals to name a few. Other peacock dishes are found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Inv.65.103) and published in H.Bilgi, Dance of Fire, Istanbul, 2009, no.310 and no.311.