An Iznik pottery tile
Ottoman Turkey, circa 1580
The near square tile with white ground painted in cobalt-blue, green and bole-red with a central trefoil palmette flanked by two half trefoils, each filled with split palmettes, the trefoils linked by a lobed border of similar arabesque motifs, minor turquoise border below, damaged
26 x 25.5 cm.
An Iznik pottery tile
Ottoman Turkey, circa 1580
The near square tile with white ground painted in cobalt-blue, green and bole-red with a central trefoil palmette flanked by two half trefoils, each filled with split palmettes, the trefoils linked by a lobed border of similar arabesque motifs, minor turquoise border below, damaged
26 x 25.5 cm.
