AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1590
With sloping rim on short foot, the white ground painted in bole-red, cobalt-blue, green, and black, the centre with a floral spray composed of three large carnations, two curved saz leaves, prunus blossom and other minor blooms, the rim with stylised wave and rock design with green and blue highlights, the exterior with alternating blue and green rosettes, intact with two hair cracks
13 ¾ in. (34.8 cm.) diameter
AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1590
With sloping rim on short foot, the white ground painted in bole-red, cobalt-blue, green, and black, the centre with a floral spray composed of three large carnations, two curved saz leaves, prunus blossom and other minor blooms, the rim with stylised wave and rock design with green and blue highlights, the exterior with alternating blue and green rosettes, intact with two hair cracks
13 ¾ in. (34.8 cm.) diameter
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