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Iznik Tile: Eyup Mosque Iznik Polychrome Tile C 1580 Lot 52 Oct 03

Iznik Tile: Eyup Mosque Iznik Polychrome Tile C 1580 Lot 52 Oct 03
 

Country of Origin: Ottoman Empire

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Auction Catalogue Description:

Arts of the Islamic World
SALE L03221 LOT 52
SESSION 1 | 15 Oct 03 10:30 AM.
London, New Bond Street
OTHER PROPERTIES
AN IZNIK POLYCHROME POTTERY TILE, TURKEY, CIRCA A.D. 1580
8,000—12,000 GBP
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 9,600 GBP
MEASUREMENTS
measurements note
26.7cm. square; framed
DESCRIPTION
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
decorated in two shades of cobalt-blue, red, turquoise, green and black outline with a large feathery saz leaf overlapping and intersected by a sprig of prunus blossom with composite lotus heads and red-ground cartouches filled with tulips and carnations.
PROVENANCE
Ex-Myers Collection
CATALOGUE NOTE
This tile is part of a group that was intended for the mosque and turbe complex at Eyup in Istanbul. There are a number of similar examples to be found in public and private collections: a large panel from the baths at Eyup in the Victoria and Albert Museum; two panels of eight in the Louvre; a panel of ten in the Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon (L'Art de l'Orient Islamique, Collection de la Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, 1963, no.66); a panel of four in the David Collection, Copenhagen (Atasoy & Raby 1989, no.477); and others in the Ashmolean Museum, the Rijksmuseum, the Cinili Kosk in Istanbul and the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo. A panel of eight sold in these rooms, 11th October 1996, lot 29.

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