Iznik dish, Turkey, circa 1600
Iznik dish, Turkey, circa 1600, 26cm diameter. Amir Mohtashemi Ltd at Brafa Art Fair, Brussels, 21-29 january 2017.
The polychrome dish is decorated with a large turquoise, blue and bole red ewer to the centre surrounded by floral sprays on a white ground. The key fret border on the rim depicted with bole red on a white ground with a black outlined border. The reverse of the dish is painted with blue and turquoise floral buds.
There is an Iznik dish (circa 1590-1600) depicted with a central red ewer in The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Accession Number C.2044-1910.
Dish with depiction of large red ewer, Turkey (Iznik), ca. 1590-1600. Diameter: 33.0 cm, Height: 7 cm. Fritware painted under the glaze. Accession Number C.2044-1910. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2016.
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