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Lot Essay
Stefanos Lagonico (1890-1943) was a prominent member of the Alexandrian Greek community. Members of this closely-knit group were among the earliest modern connoisseurs of Islamic art, and their loans made up the bulk of the groundbreaking Exposition d'art Musulman in Munich in 1910. In 1937, Lagonico left Egypt and settled in France with his collection of 47 remarkable examples of Ottoman ceramic art, where they were handed down to his son Jean and eventually sold.
The distinctive feature of this design are the four feathery saz leaves which frame the field, interwoven with blooming flower stems. Another iteration of this design with an overall green palette is in the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon (acc.no.828, published Nurhan Atasoy and Julian Raby, Iznik, Oxford, 1989, no.689). Closer still to the present design, also with a red cloudband in the uppermost part of the field, is a dish which sold in these Rooms, 25 June 2020, lot 121.
The distinctive feature of this design are the four feathery saz leaves which frame the field, interwoven with blooming flower stems. Another iteration of this design with an overall green palette is in the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon (acc.no.828, published Nurhan Atasoy and Julian Raby, Iznik, Oxford, 1989, no.689). Closer still to the present design, also with a red cloudband in the uppermost part of the field, is a dish which sold in these Rooms, 25 June 2020, lot 121.