An Iznik polychrome tile, Turkey, circa 1575

of square form, decorated with underglaze cobalt blue, veridian green and relief red, outlined in black with a floral rosette with cloudband palmettes on a red ground, surrounded by tendrils of saz  and prunus on a blue ground bordered by a geometric band above a cartouche of split-palmettes and scrolling stems of lotus and saz, framed

two cracks running diagonally across with associated repair, two areas of loss with associated areas of infilling, colours strong and clear, as viewed
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