A fine Iznik rimless pottery dish Turkey, circa 1575
Property from a Private Belgian Collection
A fine Iznik rimless pottery dish
Turkey, circa 1575
of shallow rounded form on a short foot, decorated in cobalt-blue, turquoise, raised red, green and black on a white ground with a central cypress tree flanked by saz leaves interspersed by floral sprays and two roses with looping stems, all encircled by a band of half flowerheads to the rim, the exterior with paired tulips interspersed by flowerheads, with fitted box
29.8 cm. diam.
Provenance
Oliver Hoare (1945-2018)
Private Belgian collection acquired at Mansour Gallery on the 18th of November 2009 and thence by descent.
Published
The Unity of Islamic Art, Exhibition Catalogue, Riyadh, 1985, no. 130.
Exhibited
The Unity of Islamic Art, The King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Riyadh, 1985.
The cypress tree as a decorative element was first used in blue and white on hexagonal tiles in the mosque of Murad II in Edirne around 1435, probably influenced by porcelain motifs of the Yuan period in China. In a religious architectural context the cypress tree can be used to relate to the first letter of the alphabet, 'alif. On dishes it appears in the third quarter of the 16th Century and forms a distinct part of the decorative theme of the garden. Examples of dishes featuring this motif are in the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon (Inv. Nos. 828, 840 & 843).
For a similar rimless dish with a cypress tree flanked by roses and saz leaves see Christie's, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 21 April 2016, lot 179. For a rimless pottery dish, dated 1560-70, with a similar band of partial flowerheads to the rim see Sotheby's Arts of the Islamic World, 26 April 2017, lot 222. For other examples of sold at auction in recent years see Sotheby's, Arts of the Islmaic World and India, 25 October 2023, lot 71; and Christie's, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds including Oriental Rugs and Carpets, 26 October 2017, lot 206.
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Property from a Private Belgian Collection
A fine Iznik rimless pottery dish
Turkey, circa 1575
of shallow rounded form on a short foot, decorated in cobalt-blue, turquoise, raised red, green and black on a white ground with a central cypress tree flanked by saz leaves interspersed by floral sprays and two roses with looping stems, all encircled by a band of half flowerheads to the rim, the exterior with paired tulips interspersed by flowerheads, with fitted box
29.8 cm. diam.
Provenance
Oliver Hoare (1945-2018)
Private Belgian collection acquired at Mansour Gallery on the 18th of November 2009 and thence by descent.
Published
The Unity of Islamic Art, Exhibition Catalogue, Riyadh, 1985, no. 130.
Exhibited
The Unity of Islamic Art, The King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Riyadh, 1985.
The cypress tree as a decorative element was first used in blue and white on hexagonal tiles in the mosque of Murad II in Edirne around 1435, probably influenced by porcelain motifs of the Yuan period in China. In a religious architectural context the cypress tree can be used to relate to the first letter of the alphabet, 'alif. On dishes it appears in the third quarter of the 16th Century and forms a distinct part of the decorative theme of the garden. Examples of dishes featuring this motif are in the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon (Inv. Nos. 828, 840 & 843).
For a similar rimless dish with a cypress tree flanked by roses and saz leaves see Christie's, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 21 April 2016, lot 179. For a rimless pottery dish, dated 1560-70, with a similar band of partial flowerheads to the rim see Sotheby's Arts of the Islamic World, 26 April 2017, lot 222. For other examples of sold at auction in recent years see Sotheby's, Arts of the Islmaic World and India, 25 October 2023, lot 71; and Christie's, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds including Oriental Rugs and Carpets, 26 October 2017, lot 206.
