Rare élément de bordure d'Iznik de style Baba Nakkaç, Turquie, art ottoman, vers 1506-1507. Estimation 4,000 — 6,000 €. Photo: Sotheby's

en céramique siliceuse à décor peint en bleu sur un fond d'engobe blanc sous une glaçure transparente, décor d'une mandorle polylobée blanche, flanquée de palmettes en accolades, de fleurons et de rubans noués - 9,5 x 35 cm ; 3 3/4  by 13 3/4  in.

A RARE IZNIK BABA NAKKAÇ POTTERY BORDER TILE , OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1506-1507

Provenance: Ex-collection d'un ancien diplomate français en poste en Egypte vers 1900
Collection privée française, Tours, depuis 1985

Notes: The decoration on these tiles demonstrates that the aesthetic of white decoration reserved against a blue ground continued into the early 16th century (H. Bilgi, Dance of Fire. Iznik Tiles and Ceramics in the Sadberk Hanim Museum and Ömer M. Koç Collections, Istanbul, 2009, pp. 50-51, no.5). However in this period the decoration became more open with a lighter tone of blue, an increase in the relative size of minor motifs and the introduction of contrasting zones of white ground. Few similar tiles are in museums and private collections. Three of them published by M. Jenkins, Islamic Art in The Kuwait National Museum, The al-Sabah Collection, London, 1983, p. 116 ; two by J. Raby, Iznik, London, 1989, p. 87 and no.81-82 ; and one by J. Carswell, Iznik Pottery, London, 1998, p. 38, ill.18. Two more tiles formerly in the collection of J. Soustiel were sold in France (F. de Ricqlès, Paris 1999, 6 December, lot 294).

Sotheby's. Regards sur l’Orient - Tableaux et Sculptures Orientalistes et Art Islamique, Paris, 22 oct. 2015, 02:30 PM