Lot 233. An Iznik polychrome pottery dish with ewer, Turkey, early 17th century. Estimate 7,000 — 10,000 GBP. Lot sold 8,750 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.

of rounded form with slightly everted rim, painted in underglaze apple green, blue and relief red, outlined in black, with a central ewer decorated with split-arabesques and foliate stems, amidst a scrolling vine of saz leaves and lotus buds, the rim with scrolls, reverse with abstract motifs - 26cm. diam.

Note: A varied selection of Iznik dishes with ewer designs are in the Ömer Koç collection, see Istanbul 2015, pp.472-9, nos.220-5 as well as lot 224 in the present sale.

Sotheby's. Arts of the Islamic World, London, 26 Apr 2017, 10:30 AM