ORIENTAL ART HAMMER AUCTION 16 MAY 2024 | May 16, 2024
Page 8 of catalogue
Lot 255
AN IZNIK POTTERY TILE, WEST ANATOLIA, CIRCA 1530 AN IZNIK POTTERY TILE, WEST ANATOLIA, CIRCA 1530

AN IZNIK POTTERY TILE, WEST ANATOLIA, CIRCA 1530

Reference: ART3001455

Of rectangular form, the cobalt-blue ground with a meandering tendril linking a serrated leaf overpainted by flowers, a part rosette at each end issuing small floral sprays, repaired break.
12.5 by 24.3 cm.

PROVENANCE
Christies London, 23 April 2002, lot 186.

CATALOGUE NOTE
An identical tile is in the Sadberk Hanim Museum, Istanbul (Altun, Ara, Carswell, John and Oney, Gonul: Sadberk Hanim Museum Turkish Tiles and Ceramics, Istanbul, 1991, no.I.52, p.38).

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