An Iznik polychrome pottery dish, Turkey, circa 1585

of shallow rounded form, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue, veridian green and relief red and outlined in black with a symmetrical design of sprays of tulips and roses emanating from a leafy tuft, central stems secured by a cloudband clip and parted by a composite palmette flanked by interlocking split-palmettes, the rim and exterior with alternating paired tulips and blue rosettes

hairline cracks to cavetto, drill hole to foot ring and rim, minor abrasions to rim and glaze, as viewed
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