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Country of Origin: Ottoman
Empire
JBOC Comments:
Auction Catalogue Description:
Arts
of the Islamic World
SALE L04221 LOT 195
SESSION 1 | 13 Oct 04 10:30 AM.
London, New Bond Street
AN IZNIK POTTERY TILE PANEL, TURKEY, CIRCA 1580
20,000—25,000 GBP
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium:
19,200 GBP
MEASUREMENTS
measurements note
each approx. 25cm. square
DESCRIPTION
decorated in two shades of cobalt-blue, relief
red, turquoise and green outlined in black with
bold saz leaves overlapping and intersected by
sprigs of prunus blossom with lotus heads and
red-ground cartouches filled with tulips and
carnations
Quantity: 2
CATALOGUE NOTE
These tiles are part of a well-known group from
the Eyup shrine and mosque complex on the Golden
Horn 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; a panel of four in
the David Collection, Copenhagen; and others in
the Ashmolean Museum, the Rijksmuseum, the Cinili
Kosk in Istanbul and the Museum of Islamic Art in
Cairo. A similar panel sold in these rooms, 28th
April 2004, lot 112
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