An Iznik polychrome pottery dish, Turkey, circa 1590
Estimate
50,000 - 80,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
of shallow rounded form with narrow, slightly everted rim, painted in underglaze cobalt-blue, green and bole-red, outlined in black, decorated with a central roundel with green marble pattern surrounded by a seven-pointed star and stylised foliate motifs on a ground of tight scrolls, the reverse alternating stylised foliate motifs, old labels to foot
28cm. diam.
Christie's, London, 5 March 1888, lot 714 (label to reverse)
Ex-collection Ralph Brocklebank (1840-1921), Haughton, Cheshire
Christie's, London, Rhodian Faience, Majolica,..., the Property of Ralph Brocklebank Esq., 5 July 1922, lot 26
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.253, plate 101c
This striking dish is distinguished by its unusual central medallion. Painted in emerald-green, it seems to imitate a dense and intricate foliage. This results in a captivating, marbled effect which was sometimes employed to decorate entire tiles, as seen in a rare example sold in these rooms on 14 April 2010, lot 312, and painted in a similar bright green. A closely comparable dish is in the V&A (inv. no.120-1870).
Much like the following lot in this sale, the ground is almost entirely covered with black spirals, aside from a stark stellar motif with broad outlines, and it is likely they were the product of the same atelier. Both dishes were in the collection of Ralph Brocklebank, acquired by Sir Alan Barlow at the sale of a portion of his collection in 1922.
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