An Iznik polychrome pottery dish, Turkey, early 17th century
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
of shallow rounded form with slightly everted rim, painted in underglaze cobalt-blue, green and bole-red, outlined in black, decorated with a sailing ship, the rim with wave and scroll motif, the reverse decorated with a peacock and with Ralph Brocklebank collection labels dated '12.IX.XVI’ and numbered ‘36’ to foot
31.5cm. diam.
Ex-collection Ralph Brocklebank (1840-1921), Haughton, Cheshire, by 12 September 1916;
Thence by descent
Ships feature in the decorative repertoire of Iznik potters from around the 1530s, see for example a blue-and-white Iznik dish in the V&A (inv. no.713-1902). These early iterations generally show ‘lateen-rigged’ ships, single-masted Mediterranean coasters with their distinctive triangular lateen sale which would have been a familiar sight in Ottoman waters in the sixteenth century. The multi-masted ship present here derives from a European model and reflects the maritime trade that existed between Ottoman Turkey and Europe, as well as the export demand for Iznik ware.
A closely comparable dish is in the MET, New York (acc. no.66.4.7). An unusual feature of this dish is the small peacock motif painted under the foot.
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