Lot 132. An Iznik blue and white pottery dish, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1560; 12in. (30.5cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 10,000 - GBP 15,000. Price realised GBP 27,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2013

With cusped sloping rim on short foot, the white interior painted in cobalt-blue with a continuous scrolling vine issuing small saz leaves and fleshy flowerheads, the rim with similar but simplified design, the exterior with alternating small cloud-bands and flowerheads, remains of old label to underside, rim and foot drilled.

Note: This dish is a later survival of the blue and white flower scroll design that first appears at Iznik in around 1530 (Nurhan Atasoy and Julian Raby, Iznik, London, 1989, nos.198-202, pp.122-23). Originally based on the elegant scrolling lotus vine on early Ming models, particularly those of the Xuande period, it was a design that swiftly became popular in Iznik. This dish demonstrates the continuation of the taste both for Chinese models and for a blue and white colour scheme into the second half of the 16th century.