Lot 91
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AN IZNIK POTTERY BORDER TILE
AN IZNIK POTTERY BORDER TILE
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AN IZNIK POTTERY BORDER TILE

OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1570-80

Details
AN IZNIK POTTERY BORDER TILE
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1570-80
Decorated with white tulip and carnation floral sprays against a cobalt-blue ground alternating with scalloped white medallions containing blue and red floral sprays, with foliate turquoise borders, intact
10 x 5 1/8in. (25.5 x 13cm.)
Provenance
Tabbagh Art Galleries, Paris, until 1936
Private Collection, Paris, sold Ader-Picard-Tajan, Paris, 16 November 1987, lot 96
Sotheby's Paris, 22 October 2015, Lot 92
Literature
Fritz Lenhoff, F., Keramic der Islamischen Welt, 8.-18. Jahrhundert (Ceramics from the Islamic World, 8th-18th Century), exhibition catalogue, 4 April-28 April 1989, Munich, 1989, no.32 (ill.), pp.94-95
Exhibited
Keramic der Islamischen Welt, 8.-18. Jahrhundert (Ceramics from the Islamic World, 8th-18th Century), Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich, 4 April-28 April 1989

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Lot Essay

This charming tile is one of only two known tiles of this design, the other housed in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv.no.7033, see Sophie Makariou and Charlotte Maury (eds.), Three empires of Islam: Istanbul, Isfahan, Delhi : Master pieces of the Louvre collection, Valencia, 2008, p.302, no.108-B). The design, reserved against a 'whipped' blue ground is particularly well-controlled and the organisation of the floral sprays and the drawing of the blue tulips is related to a dish in the present sale, see lot 69. The masterful control of the glaze, in particular the red slip, was incredibly difficult to achieve and displays the remarkable skill of our artist. The high quality of the drawing on this tile is further emphasised by the restrained arrangement of flowers purposefully placed to fill the polylobed medallions.

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