Property from an Important Swiss Private Collection
A small Iznik polychrome pottery dish with animals, Turkey, circa 1580
Auction Closed
October 25, 04:59 PM GMT
Estimate
24,000 - 28,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
of shallow rounded form with everted rim, painted in cobalt blue, green and red with black outlines, the circular central medallion decorated with a deer, an owl, a rabbit, a dog and three birds interspersed with foliate motifs, the medallion encircled by a frieze of stylised petals, the rim with a frieze of alternating blue and red rosettes on a green band, the reverse with alternating stylised foliage motifs, suspension hole to ring foot, marked 'AMM 66'
26.2cm. diam.
Léon-Edmond-Marie Bachelier (1862-1947).
To his granddaughter Marie Lucy Giraud (b.1910), thence by descent.
Collection Guillaume Ephis.
A closely comparable dish is in the musée national de la Renaissance, Ecouen (inv. no.ECL8362), presenting an almost identical central medallion and border on a turquoise ground. Similarly, a dish sold in Christie's London, 4 October 2012, lot 241, follows an analogous iconographical structure with the addition of a tiger in the medallion and a blue ground on the border. Another dish in the Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris (inv. no.AD27724) combines a similar decorative programme, with a more traditional wave and break border.
You May Also Like
