OTTOMAN TURKEY, THIRD QUARTER 16TH CENTURY

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AN IZNIK POTTERY BORDER TILE
OTTOMAN TURKEY, THIRD QUARTER 16TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form, the turquoise ground with overall dense white, blue and red cloudband design between plain red stripes, rim chips
4¾in x 10in. (12cm x 25.3cm.)

Provenance

Soustiel, Paris, 1973

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Lot Essay

Tiles of this design are to be found in the Süleymaniye Mosque of 1550-1557 and in the tomb of Sultan Selim II (1566-1574) in Istanbul. One example is in the Sadberk Hanim Museum (Altun, Ara; Carswell, John and Öney, Gönül: Turkish Tiles and Ceramics, Istanbul, 1991, no.I57, p.39). Two further examples have been sold in these Rooms, 10 October 2000, lot 206, and 1 May 2001, lot 364. Another example from the Theodor Sehmer collection, with heavier outlining, is found as lot 210 in this sale.

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