An Iznik polychrome pottery dish, Turkey, circa 1565
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
of shallow rounded form with slightly everted cusped rim, painted in underglaze cobalt-blue, green and bole-red outlined in black, decorated with a central rosette issuing paired iris stems enclosing fish-scale cartouches, the rim with wave and scroll motif, the reverse with alternating paired tulips and flowerheads
29cm. diam.
Ex-collection Sir Alan Barlow (1881-1968), London and Oxford;
Thence by descent
G. Fehérvári, Islamic Pottery. A Comprehensive Study based on the Barlow Collection, London, 1973, no.225, plate 95d
N. Atasoy, and J. Raby, Iznik. The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, London, 1989, fig.687
The arrangement of the fish-scale cartouches surrounded by small-scale iris sprays is related to a small group of dishes with symmetrically arranged designs. Dishes of this group date to 1560-65 a period in which Iznik potters sought to enrich their decorative repertoire by playing with arrangement and colour (Atasoy and Raby 1989, p.234). Related dishes are in the Benaki Museum, Athens (inv. no.17, ibid., no.427) and the Antaki collection (ibid., no.422). Another was formerly in the Adda collection and sold at Christie’s, London, 28 October 2021, lot 69. A further example, also with fish-scale cartouches, is in the Nihal Kuyaş collection, Davod (inv. no.T3, ibid., no.695).
Similar to the Adda dish, this dish is set apart by its elegant proportions with a cusped rim that is slightly wider than other examples. The scale of the rim is enhanced by the generous spacing of the cloud bands on the rim and reflected by the spacious arrangement of the iris stems and fish-scale cartouches.
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