OTTOMAN TURKEY, MID 17TH CENTURY

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AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH
OTTOMAN TURKEY, MID 17TH CENTURY
The white ground decorated in cobalt-blue, bole-red, green and black with a depiction of a spotted trotting horse with bridle surrounded by scrolling vine, the rim with alternating floral spray and blue rosette motifs between black rings, the exterior with alternating blue and green motifs, chips to rim, drill hole, the exterior with four blue decorative motifs
10in. (25.5cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

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.

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