An Iznik Pottery Tile, Turkey, circa 1580
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
An Iznik Pottery Tile, Turkey, circa 1580
decorated in underglaze cobalt-blue, bole-red, and green, outlined in black, with a central rosette issuing stems with rosettes and tulips, within narrow turquoise borders, reverse with partial French label, ‘Garanti Ancien, A. Recher’
5⅞ by 9¾ in.
15.1 by 24.6 cm
Private collection, France;
Kent Antiques, London;
From whom acquired by the present owner.
A almost-identical tile is illustrated in Korre-Zographou, The Iznik Ceramics of the Monastery of the Panaghia Panakhrantou, 2012, p. 117, fig. 89.13. Related tiles can be found within the tomb and shrine complex of Eyüp Sultan in Istanbul (see Ertug and Denny, Gardens of Paradise: 16th century Turkish Ceramic Tile Decoration, 1998, pp. 111 and 113).
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