A rare Iznik 'Damascus' style pottery dish, Turkey, circa 1540
Auction Closed
March 31, 12:40 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
of rounded form with flattened, everted rim, painted in cobalt blue, sage green and light manganese purple outlined in black with a design with a large carnation, rosette stems, and hyacinths issuing from a leafy tuft, the rim with groups of buds alternating with one cintamani motif, the underside with three-budded motif between triple spots
32cm.
Ex-collection Fernand Adda, Alexandria and Paris, mid-20th century.
B. Rackham, Islamic Pottery and Italian Maiolica: Illustrated Catalogue of a Private Collection, London, 1959, fig. 28, no. 68.