Lot no. 207
PANEL OF TWO TILES WITH BOUQUETS
Ottoman Turkey, Iznik, circa 1575
Small panel consisting of the assembly of two fragmentary tiles, each painted in polychrome under a transparent colourless glaze, of a bouquet of carnations and hyacinths, enclosed in a mandorla of small saz leaves, the corners decorated with parts of medallions, missing, framed.
Size: 24 x 17.5 cm and 23.5 x 10.5 cm
22 x 25 cm
Provenance: Private collection from the south of France, built up in the 1980s
Then by descent to the current owner
Several tiles from the same series are kept in Paris at the Musée du Louvre (AD 8368/1; UCAD 8368/1; D 8368) and in Faenza, Italy at the Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza (n. 3853).
An Iznik Pottery Tile Panel,
Ottoman Turkey, circa 1575
22 x 25 cm
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