Lot 50
AN IZNIK POTTERY TILE
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY
Auction: 09 December 2026 from 14:00 GMT
Description
of square form, decorated in cobalt blue, raised red and turquoise on a white slip under a transparent glaze with part-lotus and part-stylised palmettes, a cusped red and blue lined ribbon with a small saz leaf issuing from it, on a ground of scrolling leafy vines
Dimensions
25cm x 25cm
Provenance
Formerly private French collection.
Footnote
Further examples of this tile with the same design are in the Louvre Museum, Paris (inventory nos. OA 3919/479; OA3919/2-286.4) and attributed to the Topkapi or Iznik, to circa 1600-1650.