Description
Iznik tile Fritted ceramic, glazed white, underglaze decoration in two shades of blue, turquoise, with iron red in light relief and black contours. Central spiral leaf tendril, half palmettes and pomegranates on the outer edges. Rim chips, one 2.5 cm x 1.5 cm glaze hole, craquelure. 25.8 cm x 25.5 cm x 1.9 cm. Turkey, c. 1560 - 70. Provenance Christie's London, October 10, 2006, lot 82. Literature Cf. Klesse, Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Köln. Majolica, Cologne 1966, cat. No. 119, inv. no. E 803. Cf. Denny, Gardens of Paradise. 16th Century Turkish Ceramic Tiles Decoration, Istanbul 1998, fig. 36 f., p. 70.
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Iznik tile Fritted ceramic, glazed white, underglaze decoration in two shades of blue, turquoise, with iron red in light relief and black contours. Central spiral leaf tendril, half palmettes and pomegranates on the outer edges. Rim chips, one 2.5 cm x 1.5 cm glaze hole, craquelure. 25.8 cm x 25.5 cm x 1.9 cm. Turkey, c. 1560 - 70. Provenance Christie's London, October 10, 2006, lot 82. Literature Cf. Klesse, Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Köln. Majolica, Cologne 1966, cat. No. 119, inv. no. E 803. Cf. Denny, Gardens of Paradise. 16th Century Turkish Ceramic Tiles Decoration, Istanbul 1998, fig. 36 f., p. 70.
