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    Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds

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    10 October 2006

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    • AN IZNIK POTTERY TILE
    Lot 83

    AN IZNIK POTTERY TILE

    OTTOMAN TURKEY, LATE 16TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 2,640

    Estimate

    GBP 2,500 - GBP 3,500

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    AN IZNIK POTTERY TILE
    OTTOMAN TURKEY, LATE 16TH CENTURY
    The square tile with white ground painted in two shades of blue together with red and turquoise, the centre with two saz leaves issuing from spiralling tendrils, part flowerheads along the sides, edges chipped, framed
    10in. (25.5cm.) square

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