An Iznik pottery tile Turkey, circa 1575
Property from a Private Belgian Collection
An Iznik pottery tile
Turkey, circa 1575
of square form, the white ground decorated in raised-red, cobalt blue, turquoise, green and black with two central tulips surrounded by scrolling tendrils overlaid with saz leaves, the edges and two corners with partial flowerheads
25 x 25.2 cm.
Provenance
Joseph V. McMullan (1896-1973).
Christie's, Islamic Art, Indian Miniatures, Rugs and Carpets, 19 October 1993, lot 370.
Private Belgian collection, acquired at Mansour Gallery, London, in March 1994 and thence by descent.
Joseph McMullen was a well known authority on Islamic carpets who left his collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on his death in 1973. The collection has been the subject of numerous publications and has been exhibited at the Hayward Gallery in London, as well as in New York.
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Property from a Private Belgian Collection
An Iznik pottery tile
Turkey, circa 1575
of square form, the white ground decorated in raised-red, cobalt blue, turquoise, green and black with two central tulips surrounded by scrolling tendrils overlaid with saz leaves, the edges and two corners with partial flowerheads
25 x 25.2 cm.
Provenance
Joseph V. McMullan (1896-1973).
Christie's, Islamic Art, Indian Miniatures, Rugs and Carpets, 19 October 1993, lot 370.
Private Belgian collection, acquired at Mansour Gallery, London, in March 1994 and thence by descent.
Joseph McMullen was a well known authority on Islamic carpets who left his collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on his death in 1973. The collection has been the subject of numerous publications and has been exhibited at the Hayward Gallery in London, as well as in New York.
