A Fine and Rare Iznik blue and white dish, Turkey, circa 1560-1570

of deep rounded form decorated in underglaze cobalt blue, the well with a large lotus palmette issuing tendrils of saz and palmette, the cavetto with chinoiserie bouquets, rim with breaking wave motif, the reverse with alternating palmette and floral rosettes

in good condition, glaze abrasion to rim, minor abrasions, small areas of glaze cracquelure, as viewed
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Iznik pieces of a comparable style belonging to the same period can be found in the Antaki Collection and the Magdalen Collection, Oxford (published in N. Atasoy & J. Raby, Iznik, The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, Istanbul, 1989, pls.754 & 757).