Carreau de revêtement Iznik bleu et turquoise, Turquie, art ottoman, vers 1535

de forme carrée, en céramique siliceuse à décor peint sur un fond d'engobe blanc, sous une glaçure transparente, orné d'un losange contenant une rosette centrale d'où rayonnent huit palmettes, les quatres angles à décor de nuages et de pendentifs

Acquired in France, May 2007.

Colours are lighter in reality than on catalogue illustration crackles to the glaze surface chips to enamel on borders visible on illustration brown incrustation very tiny scratches on the surface
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An identical tile is in the Sadberg Hanim Museum (see: ALTUN, A., CARSWELL, J. & ÖNEY, G., Turkish Tiles and Ceramics, Istanbul, 1991, p.36, ill.47). A panel of four tiles from this group was sold at Christie's London, Islamic Art & Manuscripts, 27^th April 2004, lot 288.