Iznik dish, Turkey, 16th century, 28.5cm diameter. Amir Mohtashemi Ltd at Brafa Art Fair, Brussels, 21-29 january 2017.

The circular dish with an everted rim is painted with a cobalt blue, green and black wave-pattern. The centre of the dish has an asymmetrical composition of bole red and blue roses, blue and red hyacinths and a blue tulip with red dots, all rising from a central sprig of leaves. The exterior of the dish is painted with alternating blue and green rosettes and cobalt blue double-tulips outlined in black. 

Provenance: Private Collection, 1950s (Published in Bernard Rackham, Islamic Pottery and Italian Maiolica: Illustrated Catalogue of a Private Collection, Faber and Faber, London, 1959, pl. 51, No. 105); Joseph Soustiel, Paris, 1960s-70s.

Amir Mohtashemi Ltd. Indian and Islamic Works of Art, 69 Kensington Church Street, London W8 4BG, United Kingdom