An Iznik Polychrome Dish, Turkey, circa 1560

of rounded form, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue, viridian green, and relief red with roses, tulips, carnations, hyacinths and a saz leaf, the bracketed rim with stylised breaking wave motifs, alternating tulips and flowerheads to reverse

Turkophilia, Paris, 2011

Paris 2011, p.47

Broken and restored with associated overpainting, small drill hole to foot, small chip to rim, as viewed.
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This and the dish in the following lot are embellished with a combination of the most iconic forms of Iznik decoration, the favoured floral motifs and the swaggering saz leaf. This example bears a red bole experimental in its use and can, therefore, be dated to the earliest years of its appearance, in the 1560s.