Arts of the Islamic World & India

Arts of the Islamic World & India

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An Iznik polychrome pottery dish, Turkey, circa 1590

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

of shallow rounded form, painted in underglaze cobalt blue, green and relief red, outlined in black, decorated with a roundel of rumi motifs encircled by clouds, the rim with a frieze of rosettes on a green and blue ground, the reverse with stylised floral motifs

29.8cm. diam.

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