OTTOMAN TURKEY, MID 17TH CENTURY

A similar Iznik dish depicting a spotted blue horse is in the Kiraç Collection (Laure Soustiel, Splendeurs de la Ceramique Ottomane, Paris, 2000, no.57, p.96) and another, plain blue, is in the Ömer Koç Collection, published in Hülya Bilgi, Dance of Fire, Istanbul, 2009, no.312, p.476. For similarly decorated Iznik dishes in auction see Christie’s London, 26 April 2005, lot 7 and Bonhams London, 24 April 2012, lot 129.