OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1570

Details

AN IZNIK POTTERY TILE
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1570
The white ground decorated in cobalt-blue, bole-red and green with leafy stems terminating in roses, tulips and a large carnation, the upper edge with a border of serrated leafy palmettes in cobalt-blue, intact
11 1/8 x 11in. (28.2 x 27.8cm.)

Literature

Art ottoman: centenaire de la Maison Soustiel 1883-1983, exposition, Galerie Jean Soustiel, Paris, du mardi 20 mars au vendredi 13 avril 1984

Special notice

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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Lot Essay

This tile is closely related to two complete panels (each of twenty-one tiles) currently on view at the Louvre (formerly in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (inv.5972 A and B; illustrated Purs Decors? Arts de l’Islam, regards du XIX siècle, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 2008, cat.102). The composition of the Louvre panels are however slightly different, and the design includes no hyacinths, as on our tile. An almost identical tile, with similar composition, and the inclusion of hyacinths (although there cropped such that only the tips are visible) is in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.87.103). One very minor difference is that the border palmettes on the LACMA tile do not there have the tiny green spot between them along the upper border, as ours does. Another tile, similar but for a green faux marble border along the upper edge, is in the Çinli Kösk in Istanbul. A tile with similar equally fine drawing was sold at Christie’s, Paris, 7 March 2007, lot 115.

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