Lot 190. An Iznik polychrome pottery dish with tulips, carnations and hyacinths, Turkey, circa 1580; 31.4cm. diam. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 GBP. Lot Sold 50,000 GBP (64,715 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's.

fritware painted in underglaze cobalt blue, green and bole red with black outlines and details, featuring a spray of tulips, carnations and hyacinths with small florettes, border with stylised waves and scrolls, tulip bunches and rosettes to exterior, the underside with one drill to the rim and one drill to the foot.

Provenance: Ex-collection Dr. Anton Philips (1874-1951).
Christie’s, Anton Philips, Entrepreneur & Connoisseur, Amsterdam, 6 November 2007, lot 59. 

Note: Dr. Anton Philips was an eclectic art collector, initiating his acquisition of art in his early twenties. By his sixties, he had assembled one of the most extraordinary private collections of nineteenth and twentieth century art, old masters, furniture and pottery in the Netherlands. He became a prominent figure in the art world, mingling with distinguished specialists and loaning pieces from his collection to exhibitions in Europe.