Lot 233. Three Iznik polychrome pottery dishes with floral stems, Turkey, second half 16th century; 25.2cm. diam. (dense floral design), 25.5cm. diam. (florette border), 30cm. diam. (with saz leaves containing spots). Estimate £8,000 - £10,000. © Sotheby's.
each with fritware bodies decorated in cobalt blue, greyish-blue, light green and bole red with black outlines, all decorated with floral compositions, including tulips, saz leaves, carnations and hyacinths, two with breaking wave borders, one with florette motifs. Quantité: 3.
Provenance: Acquired in Alexandria, 1950s.
In Switzerland by 1962.
Thence by descent.
Sotheby's. Arts of the Islamic World, London, 24 oct. 2018, 10:30 AM