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Lot 157
  • 157

An Iznik polychrome pottery dish with burst flowerhead and arabesques, Turkey, second half 16th century

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description

  • ceramic
with rounded edges and everted rim, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue, emerald green and relief red with black outlines featuring a large central stylised flowerhead and arabesques, bordered by a band of lobed arches, foliate motifs on exterior, old collection label to underside

Provenance

Ex-Pignatelli collection
Ex-Jacques Soustiel collection

Condition

Colours bright, one side broken with associated restoration including overpainting, including some retouching on small chips due to firing on red bole, some overpainting to abrasions on external edge of rim, drill hole to foot for hanging, as viewed.
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