Circa 1575

Lot 132. A highly rare polychrome Iznik tile with confronted birds, Turkey, circa 1575; 25 by 25cm. Lot sold: 655,200 GBP (Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2022 of square form painted in underglaze cobalt blue, green and relief red, outlined in black, decorated with two birds perched either side of a fountain dispensing a hyacinth bouquet, surrounded with arabesques of scrolling saz leaves and flowers. Provenance: Private collection, England, first half 20th century-2015. Acquired by... [Lire la suite]

Lot 80. An Iznik pottery dish, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1575; 11 1/8in. (28.3cm.) diam. Estimate: GBP 30,000 - GBP 50,000. Sold for: GBP 35,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021. The white ground decorated with four sprays of red tulips, divided by arabresque roundels, the rim with stylised 'wave and rock' motif, the exterior with alternating rosettes and paired tulips, old collection label to base and rim, a drill hole to the rim and foot, intact. Note: Another Iznik dish decorated with a quatrefoil motif composed... [Lire la suite]

Lot 75. An Iznik pottery tile, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1575; 10 x 10 ¼in. (25.3 x 25.9cm.). Estimate: GBP 7,000 - GBP 10,000. Sold for: GBP 17,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021. The white ground decorated with an oval cartouche enclosing a tulip and carnation spray on a cobalt-blue ground within a lobed bole-red border, each corner with part of a stylised palmette with tulips in cobalt-blue, bole-red and green, a repaired crack, otherwise in good condition. Provenance: Collection of Krishnâ Riboud (1926-2000),... [Lire la suite]

Lot 288. An Iznik polychrome pottery tile, Turkey, circa 1575; 10.7 by 24.7cm, 15.8 by 30cm. framed. Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 GBP. Lot sold 9,375 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. of rectangular form, outlined in black with a design of interlocking scrolling cloudbands on a relief red ground, touches of underglaze dark blue and emerald green, thin blue band on one edge, set in wooden frame. Note: Tiles of similar design, though with a turquoise ground, are in the Suleymaniye Mosque (1550-57) and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 187. An Iznik pottery tile, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1575; 9 3/8 x 9 3/8in. (23.9 x 23.8cm.). Estimate GBP 8,000 - GBP 12,000 (USD 10,432 - USD 15,648). Price realised GBP 9,375. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019. With a quarter of a composite flower with serrated blue leaves, on white ground. Provenance: Private Danish Collection by 1956. Christie's. Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds Including Oriental Rugs and Carpets, London, 2 May 2019

Lot 194. An Iznik polychrome pottery dish with rosettes and hyacinths, Turkey, circa 1575; 35.5cm. diam. Estimate £10,000 - £15,000. Lot Sold 28,750 GBP (37,211 USD). © Sotheby's. fritware decorated in underglaze cobalt blue, green and bole orange-red with wavy floral stems and stylised scroll border, underside with foliate motifs and collection label. Provenance: Ex-collection Rudolf Martin (1864-1925), thence by descent. Rudolf Martin was a renowned Anthropology professor, who... [Lire la suite]

Lot 148. An Iznik pottery tile, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1575; 10¾in. (27.5cm.) square. Estimate GBP 10,000 - GBP 15,000. Price realised GBP 27,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2013 The square tile with white ground painted in cobalt-blue, green, bole-red and black with a central green medallion issuing four cusped green oval medallions along the diagonals leading to part similar medallions in each corner, each filled with white arabesques and within a red border, the medallions all divided by blue... [Lire la suite]

Lot 176. An Iznik pottery dish painted with double saz palms and flowers, Turkey, circa 1575. Estimate 14 000 € - 18 000 €. Courtesy Artcurial Plat "tabak" en céramique siliceuse, décoré, en polychromie et engobe rouge sur fond blanc, de deux palmes "saz" encadrant un vase à deux oeillets aux tiges entrecroisées et deux branches d'églantines. Sur le marli, frise de tulipes vertes et rouges disposées deux à deux de part et d'autre de neuf églantines bleues. Au revers, frise de six "sequins" bleus alternant avec six doubles... [Lire la suite]

Lot 206. A rimless Iznik pottery dish, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1575. 11 ¼in. (28.5cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 25,000 - GBP 35,000. Price realised GBP 43,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017  The rimless dish decorated with an elegant floral spray around a centralsaz leaf in bole-red, green, black and white reserved against a cobalt-blue ground, the exterior with alternating paired tulips and flower-heads, areas of restoration, drilled rim and foot. Note: This fine Iznik dish is... [Lire la suite]

Lot 228. An Iznik polychrome pottery dish with scale design, Turkey, circa 1575. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. of deep rounded form with everted rim, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue, green and relief red with black outlines, cavetto with saz leaves and palmette on a blue and green fish-scale design, rim with broken wave pattern interspersed by S-shape motifs, reverse with wavy outline near rim, stylised Chinoiserie motifs and flowerheads, two drill holes to foot ring for hanging... [Lire la suite]