Sale 7263
London
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10 October 2006
Price realised
GBP 2,640
Estimate
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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