Three Iznik polychrome pottery dishes, Turkey, 17th century

each of shallow rounded form, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue, veridian green and relief red and outlined in black, the first with a floral rosette radiating eight monumental palmette petals enclosing stems of tulip, the next with sprays of carnation, tulip and lily emanating from a leafy tuft, the third with a central saz leaf resting against sprays of rose, tulip and campanula, all rims with breaking wave motif

break to rim with associated repair, cracqlure and abrasions to glaze, minor chips to rim and foot, drill hole to foot; large chip to rim; loss and break to lefthand section of rim with associated repair now flaking, rim chips and minor abrasion to glaze, as viewed
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