circa 1580

Lot 93. An Iznik pottery dish, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1580; 11 7/8in. (30cm.) diam. Estimate: GBP 30,000 - GBP 50,000. Sold for: GBP 37,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021. The white ground decorated in cobalt-blue, bole-red and turquoise with a central roundel containing stylised animals surrounded by radiating lobed panels, a border of overlapping cusped motifs, the exterior plain. Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 11 October 1989, lot 144. Note: This Iznik dish belongs to a group of vessels produced in the second... [Lire la suite]

Lot 122. An Iznik pottery dish, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1580; 10 ½in. (26.8cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 8,000 - GBP 12,000 (USD 10,048 - USD 15,072). © Christie's Images Ltd 2020.  With sloping rim, the interior decorated in bole-red, green and blue with floral spray composed of a central group of carnations falnked by tulips and sprays of blue flowerheads, the rim with a stylised wave and rock design, the exterior with alternating flowerheads and paired tulips in green, the underside with old... [Lire la suite]

A 'Hansel im Keller' cup, Silver-gilt, Nuremberg, circa 1580, Mark of Jobst Eissler III, H 18 cm. © D'ARSCHOT & CIE. Flemish heart, Silver and rose cut diamonds, Flanders, probably Antwerp, 1790, H 7.5 cm. © D'ARSCHOT & CIE. Kettle, Silver and ebony, Mechelen, 1719-1720, Maker’s mark: an anchor, H 19.6 cm. © D'ARSCHOT & CIE.

Lot 227. A large Iznik pottery jug, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1580; 12¼in. (31cm.) high. Estimate GBP 30,000 - GBP 50,000. Price realised GBP 43,750. © Christie's Image Ltd 2013 Rising from slightly flaring round foot to wide bulbous body tapering towards the shoulder, the white ground painted in cobalt-blue, bole-red, green and black, the foot with a band of strapwork, the body with a ground of elegant green fishscale set with trilobed palmettes with cusped edges framing a band of curved... [Lire la suite]

Lot 31. An Iznik pottery border tile, Turkey, circa 1580; 25.6 x 16.3 cm. Estimate £ 5,000 - 7,000 (€ 5,800 - 8,100). © Bonhams 2001-2019 of rectangular form, decorated underglaze in cobalt-blue, raised-red, turquoise and green with black outline with an undulating tendril with issuing tulips, roses and other flowerheads, with turquoise borders to upper and lower edges, with old collection labels to reverse. Provenance: Pozzi Collection.Jacques Soustiel Collection.Private Swiss Collection. Note:... [Lire la suite]

Lot 247. An Iznik polychrome pottery tile with chinoiserie and saz leaves, Turkey, circa 1580; 24.8 by 22cm. Estimate £7,000 - £10,000. Photo: Sotheby's. decorated in underglaze blues, viridian green and bole red with black outlines, mounted. Provenance: Ex-collection Sir Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017).Drouot, Paris, 25 September 1998, lot 43. Note: An almost identical tile is in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, inv. no. 02.5.91.  Sotheby's. Arts of the Islamic World including Fine Rugs... [Lire la suite]

Lot 120. Two Iznik pottery tiles, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1580. Each 9¼ x 9½in. (23.5 x 24cm). Estimate GBP 25,000 - GBP 35,000. Price realised GBP 27,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2013 Each of near square form, the white ground painted in bole-red, green, cobalt-blue and black outlines, with a section of a cusped palmette containing a floral spray on blue ground, surrounded by prunus blossom and a carnation and a tulip issuing from the lower edge, both with clean repaired breaks (2). ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 141. An Iznik pottery tile, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1580; 9 5/8 x 9 ½in. (24.4 x 24.2cm). Estimate GBP 6,000 - GBP 8,000 (USD 7,698 - USD 10,264). Price realised GBP 15,000 (USD 19,245). © Christie's Images Ltd 2017. Of square form, the white ground painted under the glaze in bole-red, cobalt-blue, green and black, intact, mounted and framed. Christie's. Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds Including Oriental Rugs and Carpets, 27 April 2017, London, King Street

Lot 153. An Iznik pottery dish, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1580. Estimate GBP 15,000 - GBP 25,000 (USD 18,285 - USD 30,475). Photo Christie's Images Ltd 2016. With cusped rim on short foot, the reverse with alternating paired cobalt-blue tulips and green flowerheads, foot and rim drilled, some chips to glaze; 11¾in. (30cm.) diam. Christie's. Sale 12241, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 20 October 2016, London, King Street

  LONDON.- Sotheby’s Arts of the Islamic World auction on 19 October 2016 will present rare and exquisite objects that tell the story of over a thousand years of artistic exchange and influence in the Islamic world.  This October’s sale will open with a selection of fifty manuscripts and calligraphies from the renowned collection of the late Jafar Ghazi. Each of these works bears witness to the high esteem in which calligraphy was held in Turkey, the Middle East and Persia from the medieval period up until the... [Lire la suite]