AN IZNIK TILE PANEL
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
CIRCA 1580
AN IZNIK TILE PANEL OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1580 Comprising six square tiles, the white ground decorated in bole-red, cobalt-blue, green and black with a repeating design of palmettes containing floral sprays of saz leaves, carnations and flowerheads reserved against cobalt-blue ground, the palmettes issuing small cusped pendants and surrounded by dense swaying prunus blossom and occasional carnations, in plain wood frame with later gold inscription reading Iznik tiles c.1560 under Süleyman's patronage, mis-mounted Panel 27 5/8 x 18¾in.
(70.2 x 47.4cm.) Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 April 1990, lot 432 AN IZNIK TILE PANEL OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1580 Comprising six square tiles, the white ground decorated in bole-red, cobalt-blue, green and black with a repeating design of palmettes containing floral sprays of saz leaves, carnations and flowerheads reserved against cobalt-blue ground, the palmettes issuing small cusped pendants and surrounded by dense swaying prunus blossom and occasional carnations, in plain wood frame with later gold inscription reading Iznik tiles c.1560 under Süleyman's patronage , mis-mounted Panel 27 5/8 x 18¾in.
(70.2 x 47.4cm.)
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- white ground decorated in bole-red, cobalt-blue, green and black
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- 27 5/8 x 18¾in. (70.2 x 47.4cm.)
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 71247845
Catalogue references
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Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.