Property of a North American Private Collector
An Iznik polychrome pottery dish, Turkey, circa 1570
Auction Closed
October 23, 01:24 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
of shallow rounded form, painted in underglaze cobalt blue, green and relief red outlined in black, decorated with a cypress tree flanked by tulips and roses, the rim with alternating flowerheads and paired tulips, paired stylised flowers and rosettes to underside
32.2cm. diam.
Sotheby's, New York, 12 and 13 December 1991, lot 189
Ex-collection William Kelly Simpson (1928-2017), New York
The cypress pattern first appeared on Ottoman tiles adorning the Muradiye mosque in Edirne around 1435, probably influenced by Yuan-period Chinese porcelain where cypresses are depicted as if covered in scales. The use of the motif shifted to Iznik dishes in the second half of the sixteenth century in conjunction with a decorative thematic linked to the gardens of paradise, where the cypress stands framed by intricate sprays of flowers.
Dishes with a comparable central composition are in the Musée national de la Renaissance, Ecouen (inv. no.E.Cl.8135/8194/8190) and another is in the City Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol (inv. no.Or Ea 7993).
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