An Iznik polychrome pottery dish, Turkey, circa 1580
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
of shallow rounded form with slightly everted rim, painted in underglaze green, bole-red, and cobalt-blue, outlined in black, decorated with a saz leaf and floral stems in reserve against a green ground, the rim with half trefoil motifs on a red and green ground, the reverse with alternating paired tulips and flowerheads, Ralph Brocklebank collection labels dated '12.IX.XVI' and numbered ‘8’ to foot
29.8cm. diam.
Ex-collection Ralph Brocklebank (1840-1921), Haughton, Cheshire, by 12 September 1916;
Thence by descent
A dish with a comparable palette in these distinct shades of sea-green and orange-red was formerly in the Adda collection and sold at Christie's, London, 1 April 2021, lot 91 (Rackham 1959, pl. 68b, no.182). The control of the glaze is remarkable on the present dish with each colour rich in tone and executed with a clean contrast between each shade on the white ground.
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